I want to test my sending unit and guage before putting everything back together. My plan is to create a complete circuit and see if raising the float on the sending unit causes the guage to read full.
This will be a bench test.
1. I am thinking of attaching one end of wire #1 to the battery post and the other to the tiny bolt on top of the sending unit.
2. Then fasten wire #2 to the round cap that will someday be bolted to the top of the gas tank-(the piece that holds the tiny bolt in its center and the sending unit down in the tank.)
3. Then take the other end of wire #2 and attach it to one of the bolts on the back of the gas guage.
4. Then fasten wire #3 to the other bolt on the back of the gas guage and then attach the other end of it to the other battery post.
With this setup I am thinking that as the float is raised, the needle in the guage will move toward the full mark. Will this work or will I ruin something or everything?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated as I hope to not ruin anything.
Jimmie
Orleans, Indiana
1950 CHAMPION -ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA
This will be a bench test.
1. I am thinking of attaching one end of wire #1 to the battery post and the other to the tiny bolt on top of the sending unit.
2. Then fasten wire #2 to the round cap that will someday be bolted to the top of the gas tank-(the piece that holds the tiny bolt in its center and the sending unit down in the tank.)
3. Then take the other end of wire #2 and attach it to one of the bolts on the back of the gas guage.
4. Then fasten wire #3 to the other bolt on the back of the gas guage and then attach the other end of it to the other battery post.
With this setup I am thinking that as the float is raised, the needle in the guage will move toward the full mark. Will this work or will I ruin something or everything?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated as I hope to not ruin anything.
Jimmie
Orleans, Indiana
1950 CHAMPION -ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA
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