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Vintage Gauges
As I move ever closer to go-kart status, I find more things to pull whats left of my hair, out. This time its the vintage gauges - in particular, the fuel gauge. I put a couple of gallons in the tank and proceeded to calibrate the gauge. Powered, I held the button 10 - 12 secs and entered calibration mode. It started at 1/8 and I tried to set it as such by holding the button for 2 secs. The gauge then did another sweep and settled on 3/4 full. Powered off then on and it still registered at 3/4. Went through the method 4 times, with the same result.
Any ideas?
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In calibration mode, press the set button until the gauge reads 7/8. Then, press and hold the button to set the gauge with that value. That should correlate to the Ford sending unit.
Last edited by Papa; 04-18-2019 at 01:02 PM.
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Originally Posted by
Papa
In calibration mode, press the set button until the gauge reads 7/8. Then, press and hold the button to set the gauge with that value. That should correlate to the Ford sending unit.
I'll give that a try later this afternoon.
Thanks.
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I believe the sending unit operates from ~16 - 158 Ohms. The gauge calibrations map to each 1/8 gauge readings. Just look at which 1/8th point is for the Ohm values I stated. That's the one you want. I believe it is 7/8, but check the calibration instructions to be sure.
Dave
Update: I verified it here:
https://www.speedhut.com/faq.i#how-d...el-level-gauge
7/8 is correct.
Last edited by Papa; 04-18-2019 at 01:43 PM.
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Alls good. Thanks.
I was trying to set the level not ohms and thats where I failed.