Winston Todge
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posted on 24/10/06 at 09:46 PM |
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Suitable Fuel Sender...
Just curious what senders people use for their cars?
A cheap and compact unit would be great!
Thanks for any input,
Chris.
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chockymonster
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posted on 24/10/06 at 09:59 PM |
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Mine came with my gauge.
What gauge do you have as that will specify what senders will work with it.
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RazMan
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posted on 24/10/06 at 09:59 PM |
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Landrover for me - pump & sender in one.
Cheers,
Raz
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Winston Todge
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posted on 25/10/06 at 05:04 AM |
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Yeah, I'm making up a custom fuel gauge from a 32mm Lascar Voltmeter display. I can scale the sender to any range I need really, so the sender
is really just a case of a known resistance when full and the same for empty.
Does anyone use the Mini ones? Deep enough for an MNR tank (which I think is a pretty standard depth).
Thanks,
Chris.
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Northy
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posted on 25/10/06 at 07:46 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by CaLviNx
Hi
Technically speaking with a little bit of knowledge and you broke out a multi meter, resistor or two and you can match any gauge to any sender
unit.
Right Mark, I have a challenge for you!
Graham
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Northy
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posted on 25/10/06 at 12:03 PM |
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Well my gauge doesn't match my sender.
When the tank is empty the gauge reads 1/4 full, when the tank is full the gauge reads less than empty!
So the thing works backwards and over about 1/4 of the scale, any idea how I can fix that?
Greengauges gauge and dip-tube type sender due to baffled tank.
Cheers,
G
Graham
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nitram38
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posted on 25/10/06 at 01:01 PM |
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I will not bother with a fuel sender on my next project. I have bought a V2 veypour microdash which learns your fuel consumption and has a built in
fuel computer.
I can thoroughly recommend the veypour unit from www.veypor.co.uk at £240.
I bought mine new and unused from ebay at £150.
It has lots of features like drag coefficients, braking efficiency, lap timers, shift light etc built in.
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rusty nuts
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posted on 25/10/06 at 05:56 PM |
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The Greengauges website shows incorrect fitting instructions for the lever arm tank unit . Mine read backwards at first until I turned the pot around
. Could be the same with dip tube?
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Northy
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posted on 25/10/06 at 08:29 PM |
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The dip tube is not a greengauges one though, can't remember the make. Not sure if I get get it apart either.
G
Graham
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