RE: [T3] Fuel Sender

[jason.smith@sarcom.com]

> > Well I attempted to clean my fuel sender and ended up snapping the 
> > resistance wires :( I had just about got the contacts and 
> center rod 
> > clean and snap!!! Anyone have a fix for this or another sender they 
> > can sell? It seems all I would have to do is soder another 
> resistance 
> > wire but can you find wire that thin and would it be the correct 
> > resistance?

> Jim wrote:
> It can be soldered if it broke at the very end or somewhere 
> near the middle. I 
> don't know what the wire is and I don't have replacements for 
> it. You're right, 
> you'd have to find exactly the right kind of wire to do this.


I called VDO and spoke with a technician and he said that the guage of the
wire did not matter, but that it is 18 gauge.  I don't know if I believe him
that it does not matter.  The resistance seems to give the reading?

Jason Smith
71 Square FI AT
Columbus, OH USA
http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm

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