Fuel guage reading...

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Simon
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:08 pm

The fuel guage on my tourer never reads full, when the tank is full it reads 3/4, and then when it gets to empty it goes way beyond the empty mark.

Is this a case of someone has removed the needle and replaced it in the wrong place, or something else??
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:28 pm

Have you done the usual and made sure the 3 contacts on the back are clean mate?
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:41 pm

Nope...do I have to dismantle the cluster to get to the contacts?
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:50 pm

You sure the touring has a 62l tank/sender to match what the cluster probably expects?
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:52 pm

cros wrote:You sure the touring has a 62l tank/sender to match what the cluster probably expects?
I have no idea, another thing I can look into then..cheers!
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Post Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:11 pm

Simon wrote:Nope...do I have to dismantle the cluster to get to the contacts?
Yes mate, where the gauge mounts on the PCB there are 3 contacts, 1 is a nut. Undo the nut and remove the gauge from the PCB and then clean each contact up inc the middle one. Do the same on the temp gauge.