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On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 09:13, Jim Adney wrote: > > I did find my gas gage decade test box. A selector switch with a set of > > different resistors to be hooked to the gage to test the dash unit. > > The tank unit is just a variable resistor. the same as any other tank > > unit. The wire just needs to be replaced with a wire of equal resistance > > as the orginal wire. The float is just attached to a shunt that runs up > > and down on the wire, similar to the wiper on a potentiometer. > > Whatever wire this was, they appear to be around 100 Ohms when empty. Is that > what your box shows for a type 3? That works out to about 100 Ohms per foot. > I think so. I will have to check it the next time I am out in the shop. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org