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On 19 Nov 2004 at 9:50, ibjack wrote: > My fuel guage is not working in the '63 so I did some investigating. I > found that when I run a wire from the sender and ground it out on the body > the guage works. My queston is, what would cause this and would can i do to > fix it. The body of the gauge needs to be grounded to the body. This usually happens automatically when you bolt the gauge to the gas tank and the gas tank to the body. First thing I'd check would be to make sure the gas tank clamps are all tight on the tank. Maybe just loosen them up, grease the threads, and retighten. If a jumper from the tank to the body helps, then the tank clamps are not grounding well. If a jumper from the sender to the tank helps, then the sender bolts are not connecting well. In the early days, VW used a small copper grounding clip that jumpered around the rubber gas tank seal. Eventually someone realized that the 5 sender bolts already made a perfectly good connection there, and this clip was discontinued. Don't worry about that clip; you don't need it, but it may be there in your '63. . -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~