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Old 07-15-2009, 12:29 PM
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What fuel gauge to get

I am installing all new gauges in the mini (vtec project) and was going to install a custom fuel cell. Budget requires that I maintain the stock tank for now.

What is the factory fuel level sender ohm range?

What fuel gauge do I need to make this read correctly? I am using autometer carbon series.
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:38 PM
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here are some links that hopefully should help a little bit

http://home.mindspring.com/~purlawso...20Matching.pdf
http://home.mindspring.com/~purlawso...Adjustment.pdf
http://home.mindspring.com/~purlawso...nstruments.pdf
http://www.minimania.com/web/threadI.../msgthread.cfm


i'm going thru a similar process, I am adding a different Smiths fuel gauge to my setup and I may have to do some calibrating to get it to work - I haven't tried it yet

this might be a good question for the Mini Mania board, there are a few electrical gurus that frequently post over there that might be a able to help. dklawson being the biggest guru who coincidently wrote most of the links that I posted
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it looks like the range should be 0 to 270 ohms
and you should be able to use:
http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail...gid=2500&sid=3
you just need to adjust the range
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thanks, thats what I needed.
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get a programmable one, it will work with your stock sender....no guess work.
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