Help With Autometer Fuel Gauge...

[HEAVY METAL]

anybody put an autometer fuel gauge into their chevy trucks?....i installed mine.. thinkin thta i was using right wires... but it only mrreads past full?

help please......

 

[ryoken]

Sounds like your sender line is grounded....

 

[HEAVY METAL]

k.. how do i fix thta.. i spliced ointo the factory line at the cluster plug... reverse the sender/ power

 

[ryoken]

DO NOT put 12 volts to the sender post! You WILL fry the gauge...

Your gauge should have 3 posts, ign, grd and sender...

 

[HEAVY METAL]

yes it does... ign is hooked fine...i spliced into two wires in the plug.... should i just run my gauge to its own ground?

 

[ryoken]

Sure... You should have a 6 male spade grd terminal over to the left on the inner hinge post....

Forget what color you sender wire should be, maybe tan/white stripe... You can always run your own sender wire too...

 

[HEAVY METAL]

k i'll try that.. let ya know... thanks eh!

 

[HEAVY METAL]

k... has own ground, its own ign source at the fuse panel... followed fatory wiring on factory gauge cluster chased it to a pink with black stipe wire.....still overfull...

 

[ryoken]

Does it go to empty with the ignition off?

 

[HEAVY METAL]

nope...stays completley full .. when i turn ign on it moves back a lil bit....

 

[ryoken]

Disconnect whatever you have as a send wire and see what it does with ign off and on...

 

[HEAVY METAL]

the needle moves closer to the full line......

 

[HEAVY METAL]

i htink my gauge is fukered.....

 

[ryoken]

Sounds like it... Even just a quick shot of 12 to that sender can screw em up...

 

[4X4HIGH]

Not all gauges are created equal, you must have a guage that matches the Ohms resistance of your sender. Make sure you have the correct gauge, most GM senders are 0-90 Ohms.

 

[Avery4jc]

ok, I'll ask the dumb question...how much gas do you have?

My gas guage works and when I fill it all the way up it sits above the F for a while...then it starts to go down...its just the shape of the tank.

-Avery

 

[HEAVY METAL]

thanks man.. double checked the part number.. right one..4414.....i rdered a nother gauge... we'll see onmonday...

 

[4X4HIGH]

Now to comment on your avatar, those looks good. Who do those belong too?

 

[HEAVY METAL]

my wife.......

 

[4X4HIGH]

Are you serious, if so i'm really jealous.