MEP-803A —— Did I Score? Maybe So.......

[Tinstar]

Installed the battery hold downs today.
Went ahead and used that one plastic shield on the starter side since it wouldn’t be in the way of anything.
Don’t think I have it installed correctly anyway.
The terminal flap covers will be installed later when I can find them.

Edit: After looking at the plastic shield picture, I’m going to remove it. Don’t like the way it looks, correctly installed or not.





Removed fuel gauge sensor.
Was a bit of a challenge.
Not as crusty as I thought it would be.

Used an DMM and tested it. The Ohms were from 25-250 range. Haven’t looked in the manual to see what it’s supposed to be.
New replacement is due in Thursday.

Also installed new coolant bottle cap.

 

[Guyfang]

Take the two screws out of the fuel level sender and see what the coil inside looks like.

 

[Ray70]

You can also connect an ohm meter to the fuel sender. move the float slowly up and down and look for dead spots where your meter shows an open circuit.
Sometimes you can clean the coil with acetone or brake cleaner, if the dead spot is caused by a thin bit of varnish.

 

[Tinstar]

You can also connect an ohm meter to the fuel sender. move the float slowly up and down and look for dead spots where your meter shows an open circuit.
Sometimes you can clean the coil with acetone or brake cleaner, if the dead spot is caused by a thin bit of varnish.

I did that.
Yes. There were several dead spots in the range of travel.

 

[Tinstar]

Take the two screws out of the fuel level sender and see what the coil inside looks like.

Ok

I will do exactly that later this morning.