On Thu, 30 May 2013 16:05:58 -0400 "G. M. Brown" <g_010...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I should have known better than to ask this of the list as I've > purchased a 46mm soket, cleaned, reinstalled, broken and resoldered > wires, obtained another at the local PNP, etc., etc. . . . I'm after > someone who actually know how these things work. Dan told you. The thin wires are nichrome resistance wire. The float provides a fuel-level dependent short on the two parallel resistance wires. Thus the sender presents a fuel-level dependent resistance to the fuel level gauge in the instrument cluster. In addition, there is a disk that shorts two terminals on the bottom to turn on the reserve light in the instrument cluster when the fuel level is low. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
