Yahoo Message Number: 15611 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/15611)
Ok, I took advice from those here who had this problem. I ordered a new fuel sender unit from CC, today I finally got around to changing the sender. It looked like it was going to be a bear....one dealer even suggested to me that they might have to drop the fuel tank to replace the sender unit because of the lack of space between the tank and the bulkhead above it. Well, let me tell you if changing the oil was half as easy as changing the sender unit then I'd be changing the oil myself...but it isn't and I don't plan to change my own oil. The point is, changing the fuel sensor took me a whole half hour to do and that includes several trips back to the tool box to get a different size phillips screw driver. The sender is affixed to the tank by 5 phillips head screws and they aren't so tight as to cause any problem getting them off. So, if you have a problem with the fuel gauge it is very easy and cheap to replace....if you do it yourself and don't let some dealer charge you 3 hours labor to do it.
Now, if I could just figure out a way to move that faulty designed air sensor to a correctly designed configuration. I wonder if the engineer who put that thing in the bottom of the air pipe is still employed at CC. I hope not! Maybe he works for Monaco now....lol, then again, he might also have been promoted to the position of the chief engineer at CC! Wouldn't surprise me.
Ray
2000 Intrigue
Yahoo Message Number: 15626 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/15626)
Way to go Ray! I looked at that and it appeared doable. Did you have to use a stubby screwdriver?
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Yahoo Message Number: 15637 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/15637)
I started out using an offset but then decided to use my battery operated screw driver which worked great. I have one with the tilt handle which just barely fit in there. The job was much easier than I had anticipated it would be.
I will have to wait til I fill up again to see how the calibration is, I didn't attempt to do any calibrating when I installed it and I'm not sure that I will but it is something to think about.
Ray
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Yahoo Message Number: 15640 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/15640)
Yahoo Message Number: 15643 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/15643)
Dave,
Yes the sender unit is an assembly including the float. The float is attached to the end of a thick wire (about the size of a coat hangar wire, and around 12 inches long) which pivots inside the sender unit as fuel level changes causing the variable 90 ohm resistor to reflect the position of the float by changing the resistance seen by the fuel guage circuit. It is a pretty simple device and very easy to change. CC will send you a new one for about $50. They didn't include a gasket so if you damage the old gasket while removing the unit, you'll need to either make one or find one locally. I was able to use the existing gasket.
Ray
Intrigue 11040