My car is a 1973 camaro and i having a problem with my gas gauge it will not go over 1/4 even when its filled all the way up, i have bought a new sending unit hopeing that would fix it but no it did not and i still have to becareful and whatch how far i drive or i run out of gas and thats really embarrising to have my car stall in the middle of a intersection and have people laugh at me. so if any body has a idea of what i can do it would be very much apreciated.

Thanks Tony.

 

well first off, i dont think those people would laugh at you. belive it or not some one might actually help you. one time my carb was way out of adjustment and it stalled on like the busiest street in my town. and someone i vaugly knew helped me push it to the side of the road. a couple questions though. did the car sit long? because there could be bad gas in the tank and clogging up. also did u test the gauge? if you cross the wires running the the guage they should ground out ( check your wiring diagram before you just go crossing wires) and thus the gauge should pin it self. if not it could be your gauge. and also check the wires. maybee a wire got cut or something so full power is not getting to where it needs to be. just a few suggestions. i hope they help.

 

check your grounds, by far the most common thing I have found for electrical gremlins

 

the car did sit but i have put over 4thousand miles on it since and i replaced the sending unit.
do gas gauges wear out after time cause i can go down to dans garage and get a new one if you think that this is the problem.

 

the gauge sure can go bad. my temp. gauge on my truck is shot....but im to lazy to fix it

 

alright i will check it out thanks.

Tony

 

If you cant figure it out you could try this, it has worked well for me. www.dakotadigital.com

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My gas guage reads like crap just under 1/2 a tank, I have to guess when I need gas.

 

ya if i had that kind of money i would have somebody else do it lol. but that is one cool dash.

 

same here 74454bb it's suck to not know how much gas you have.