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 Yogie
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 posted on January 1st, 2012 at 12:38 PM |
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NOS parts rock
I have never had a good reading from my fuel guage in our S bug. It read anywhere from way over the full mark on the gauge to just over half a tank
when empty (ask me how I found that out  )
I bought an NOS sender and an NOS vibrator to try and sort it out. I checked the new sender and adjusted the tabs so it read 10 ohms when full and 70
ohms when empty. I fitted that and checked the reading on the gauge. For the first time it read under half full but it was only just over empty on
the guage yet I could see fuel in the tank when I swapped the senders.
I then fitted the new sender and the reading went to about halfway between 1/4 and 1/2 tank. After I went to the servo and filled up, the tank took
25.6 litres which is just about where it should have been for the reading. After starting up, the guage sat right in the full mark on the guage.
Finally a fuel gauge that is accurate 
Yogie
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM |
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where did you get them from??
mine i fill to overflowing and it reads 1/2 full
Not brave enough (or stoopid) to drive till I run out
I only get about 150kms before it is in orangae
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 01:01 PM |
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Barry, try running an extra earth to the sender.
Mine used to only go to 3/4 when full and I ran out midway through Reserve.
I ran a new earth to the sender and the fuel gauge stabilisor screw and now it goes almost all the way to full and I've ran it to midway through
Reserve and filled up I had 6 Litres left.
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 02:24 PM |
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I had to add an earth wire to my tank sender too...
LEE
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 03:14 PM |
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Mine already had an earth wire as part of the set up but they still didn't read accurately. Both the sender and vibrator were new aftermarket ones
and earthed properly but never worked. I bought these ones from guys on Samba. One was in the UK (vibrator) and the other the USA (sender). Keep an
eye out as there will probably be more listed at some time.
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 05:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
I had to add an earth wire to my tank sender too...
LEE
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That is actually a good idea! I'll keep that in mind
They would have poor earthing with the paint on the tank.
Thanks Lee
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 05:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vlad01
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
I had to add an earth wire to my tank sender too...
LEE
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That is actually a good idea! I'll keep that in mind
They would have poor earthing with the paint on the tank.
Thanks Lee
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Mine didn't work at all
that's what I put it down to Vlad, as the tank was painted plus the body plus the tank clamps..
and I sat the tank on blutac so it wasn't touching the body either... lol
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Back to NOS Parts...
NOS Parts,,
I just received an NOS gearshifter lock out plate for a semi auto beetle from the USA...
I also bought an NOS set of auto starter motor brushes from the USA..
LEE
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| posted on June 5th, 2012 at 10:17 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vlad01
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
I had to add an earth wire to my tank sender too...
LEE
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That is actually a good idea! I'll keep that in mind
They would have poor earthing with the paint on the tank.
Thanks Lee
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the only way they can really earth out is thru the bolts holding the tank in... but although My screws are new zinc plated ones the plates holding the
tank are painted.. so no contact there...
plus the tank is painted.. so no contact there... lol
LEE
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| posted on June 5th, 2012 at 11:17 AM |
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Poor earth due to the paint is the usual culprit.
I connected a wire to the fuel sender by clamping it under one of the 6 (or eight? i forget) fuel sender screws. You then have a direct metal-on-metal
contact. Just place the other end anywhere on the body metal. i believe i have mine on the headlight earth screw point.
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| posted on June 5th, 2012 at 11:23 AM |
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NOS can also stand for Nasty Old Shit!!
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| posted on June 5th, 2012 at 12:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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NOS can also stand for Nasty Old Shit!!
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NOS rubber parts can be too hard to use after sitting for 40 years the rubber goes hard and can be brittle or non flexible..
so can be un-useable..
otherwise they can be a part no longer available like a steel reverse lock out plate for a semi automatic beetle.. which I bought from the USA last
year...
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| posted on June 5th, 2012 at 06:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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NOS can also stand for Nasty Old Shit!!
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yes thats true. I had picked up some NOS parts that were terrible condition. Very hard to tell from pictures some times.
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