Re: [T3] fuel sender repair

["Erik Litchy" <litchy@insightbb.com>]

i asked someone and they told me that
Constantan thermocouple wire, about 46 gauge
has the right resistance.

whats a source for this

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] fuel sender repair


> 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
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> '71 FB AT
> '65 Bug (not running)
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