On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Rob Diesel wrote: > My gauge is fluctuating a lot, showing empty, full and somewhere in between > randomly... > > Bad float? Seems pretty simple to replace it though, is this a common > problem or something that is rare but happens? > > Easy fixes? > > I'm thinking a leaky float...
Could be. My money is on a wire being cut by the mounting bracket inside your tank. That's what did it on mine. Run the tank nearly empty, or empty it yourself. Unbolt the fuel guage sender unit and carefully pull it out of the tank (it isn't the one with the fuel lines :-). There are two wires that run in and out of a series of holes in a metal bracket that leads down to the sensor with the float arm. In my bike (and at least one other) vibration had caused the rough edge of one of the holes to cut into the insulation of the red wire causing it to short to ground. This was intermittant. The first person to post about this unsoldered the wire and put in a new one with heat-shrink tubing. I fixed it by slitting a piece of gas-proof hose down its length and sliding it around the wires. It is a design flaw, but an easy fix. Take care, Mike -- Michael Weaver (706)542-6462 [EMAIL PROTECTED] UCNS Network Specialist LAN Support Group University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html
