I have a 66 Newport, fuel guage dead, found a post on checking pins on back of guage. All three were loose. Removed them and put in suggested, 2mm bolts. Plugged in and guage worked. So I bought the rte solid state limiter and put that in while guage cluster was out. Put all back together and guage doesn’t work, I can hook a potentiometer to it and the guage works. I switched out to old limiter still nothing. I have 12 volts to orange wire, I have 48 ohms reading on blue wire. Very frustrating.
66 Newport fuel guage woes
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For good measure, check the ground strap on the fuel line coming out of the sending unit on the tank. It has to be there and touching both the fuel line and the sending unit outlet nipple for the gauge to work in the car.
Just a thought,
CBODY67
Just a thought,
CBODY67
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this is what got my fuel gauge working again. If your strap is missing, strip the ends off of a small section of wire and tape it in place to test the system while you wait for the OEM strap to be delivered.
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You can do either line to line or
Ground anywhere to the body near the sending unit.
Ground anywhere to the body near the sending unit.
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When it comes to electrical, @cbarge is your guy.
Do I need the capacitor on there ?
Nope..just a good ground for your wire
77newyorker440
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I did the same on mine and it worked perfectly, so your ground is likely not the problem
John Reddie
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John Reddie
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I didn't have much luck with the little ground clip. The gauge would work on and off so I eliminated it and took
a piece of solid copper wire from a piece of Romex house cable and stripped off the insulation on each end. I sanded the surface rust on the metal fuel lines and attached each end of the copper wire to the fuel line with gas line clamps. No more problems with the gauge. I have done this on both of my '67 Furys. John
a piece of solid copper wire from a piece of Romex house cable and stripped off the insulation on each end. I sanded the surface rust on the metal fuel lines and attached each end of the copper wire to the fuel line with gas line clamps. No more problems with the gauge. I have done this on both of my '67 Furys. John
John Kirby
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if you had a bad ground at the tank you wouldn't have 48 ohms at the gauge. I don't believe that is the problem. The fuel gauge is connected through a rectangular connector located near the ammeter. I have plugged it in incorrectly before. Investigate that connection. The solid stare regulator seems to be working. It worked before reassembling everything. The capacitor shouldn't be needed with it. It was necessary for eliminating noise heard through the radio when the original version would switch on/off.
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