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Fuel Gauge pegged to the upper limit-problem solved.

Yahoo Message Number: 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

Re: Fuel Gauge pegged to the upper limit-problem solved.

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 15626
Way to go Ray! I looked at that and it appeared doable. Did you have to use a stubby screwdriver?

Larry 2003 Allure #30856

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Ok, I took advice from those here who had this problem. I ordered

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new fuel sender unit from CC, today I finally got around to

changing

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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

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own oil. The point is, changing the fuel sensor took me a whole

half

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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

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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

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yourself and don't let some dealer charge you 3 hours labor to do

it.

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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

Re: Fuel Gauge pegged to the upper limit-problem solved.

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Yahoo Message Number: 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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Way to go Ray! I looked at that and it appeared doable. Did you > have to use a stubby screwdriver? >

Larry 2003 Allure #30856

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> Ok, I took advice from those here who had this problem. I

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> 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

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even suggested to me that they might have to drop the fuel tank

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replace the sender unit because of the lack of space between the > > tank and the bulkhead above it. Well, let me tell you if

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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

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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

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get a different size phillips screw driver. The sender is

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> the tank by 5 phillips head screws and they aren't so tight as

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cause any problem getting them off. So, if you have a problem

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the fuel gauge it is very easy and cheap to replace....if you do > it

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it.
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> Now, if I could just figure out a way to move that faulty

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air sensor to a correctly designed configuration. I wonder if

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engineer who put that thing in the bottom of the air pipe is

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employed at CC. I hope not! Maybe he works for Monaco

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Re: Fuel Gauge pegged to the upper limit-problem solved.

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Yahoo Message Number: 15640
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Ray,

Did the sending unit you replaced, also include the float that moves with the fuel in the tank? I am reasonably sure that mine is bent thus giving me unreliable readings. Mine became bent after I had to make a sudden stop with a 3/4 full tank. Since then the gauge is all over the place. My solution to the problem is to fill the tank each day at the end of travel.

Thanks,
Dave G.

2000 Allure #30491
Millheim, PA
 

Re: Fuel Gauge pegged to the upper limit-problem solved.

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 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

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with the fuel in the tank? I am reasonably sure that mine is bent > thus giving me unreliable readings. Mine became bent after I had

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make a sudden stop with a 3/4 full tank. Since then the gauge is

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over the place. My solution to the problem is to fill the tank

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