Richard, I've done this on a 1600 a long time ago and I've been talking directly to Chris but as I cant find the tech info on how I did this last time due to a HDD blow up some time back and I lost a lot of stuff. I'll paste where we're up to but I could do with some help from the list.
The 180B sender idea just might work with a 1600 gauge without all the frigging around getting a 200B sender to work accurately. Do you know what voltage a 180B dash pod runs at and also what is the resistance range of a 180B sender. It just may be the same as the 1600 and that leads me to think that this route just may be a better solution than trying to figure out how to get around the complexity of the 1600 gauge/200B sender problem. Pasted for info > I'll have to give this some more thought - first impressions of the > problem at hand is that a 200B gauge and sender wont work in a 1600 - > the 1600 pod voltage is 5v and the sender is 0-100 ohms. A 200B pod > voltage is only 3v and the sender resistance is something like 15-85 > ohms so you see the problem. I'm not sure about the temp gauge sender > on the 200B either so you could fix the fuel sender and frig the temp > sender, there were at least 2 (VDO & Niles). > > I think using the 200B sender with a resister, probably adjustable is > the go with the stock 1600 gauge. > > I'll be back > > TR regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Clough Sent: Monday, 4 February 2002 10:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 200B fuel tank in 1600 fuel gauge calibration? Chris, I cant answer your gauge problem but have you tried it? 180B tank sender units work fine with a 1600 gauge. If your not keen to connect it in the tank, remove the sender unit from the tank and connect to the wiring loom and earth. Operate the float arm and see if the gauge registers correctly over the travel of the sender unit arm. Do it slowly as the gauge is designed to move slowly to avoid wild fluctuations. Can you give us description of how you fitted the bigger 200B tank and fuel filler, a few listers have been thinking of trying this for the larger range. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 25 January 2002 9:54 AM Subject: 200B fuel tank in 1600 fuel gauge calibration? > Hi All, > I have recently put a 200B fuel tank in my 1600 and was woundering how to > calibrate the fuel guage as I was told it would read on about half way when > it is full. > > Regards > > Chris W > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
