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On 27 Jun 2001, at 19:06, Mike Wodkowski wrote: > 1)Bentley says the gasket should have a grounding strip. My gasket did not, > yet the sender gets a signal to the gauge. What should this grounding strip > look like? I guess some of the early cars has a grounding strip. I can show you a picture of one, but I've never seen one. Someone at VW must have realized early on that the bolts that secure the sender to the tank make very good grounds themselves. > 2)I turned the sender over and over and the float inside resisted > moving at first, yet with further turning over it seemed to come > free and move the full length. Now my gauge reads as full as it > should. We'll see... You can also take the nut on the bottom of the sender loose and remove the cover. This will probably make your problem completely clear. OTOH, you may have just wiped loose the last remnants of old gas and cured your problem. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org