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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 09:35 AM
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fuel guage no working. needle stuck past full. took a wire from sending unit and grounded it and neddle went to E. does that mean sending unit is bad?
2nd question; do i have to remove tank to get the sending unit replaced,
or is there any diff ideas?
thanks fred
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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 11:55 AM
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Willcox used to have a troubleshooting guide for this. Happened to me. I just don't remember. I'll go look and see if I can find it. It had to do with the sequence of hooking it up and ensuring the leads did not touch anything as you proceeded to hook everything back up. I'll go look around.



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fuel guage no working. needle stuck past full. took a wire from sending unit and grounded it and neddle went to E. does that mean sending unit is bad?
2nd question; do i have to remove tank to get the sending unit replaced,
or is there any diff ideas?
thanks fred
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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 11:59 AM
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ok... check this out. Glad I saved it. Give it an attempt. Can't hurt.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1603259812
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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 03:51 PM
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fuel guage no working. needle stuck past full. took a wire from sending unit and grounded it and neddle went to E. does that mean sending unit is bad?
2nd question; do i have to remove tank to get the sending unit replaced,
or is there any diff ideas?
thanks fred
Did you check the sending unit ground wire where it attaches to the frame?
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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 05:41 PM
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no but i will check the frame ground.
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