The sender which was in my Escort, was broken. The float arm was spinning around and the float itself was seized - so I binned it.
It is difficult to find a replacement these days, but I got one. Another two wire type with the same wiring plug as the one I removed, so it connects to the cars wiring loom as it should.
Here:
Old sender for comparison:
The problem I have is that when connected, the sender does not move the gauge.
When checked with the multimeter on the ohms setting, it returns the readings expected and when the two wires on the car loom are bridged, the gauge works.
So the gauge, wiring and sender appear to be fine. Yet they will not work together.
Any ideas? (I have re-terminated the connections on the loom, as one was barely conducting due to corrosion.
I suppose I can also try running a new wire direct from the fuel gauge to the sender and also grounding the other terminal.
It is difficult to find a replacement these days, but I got one. Another two wire type with the same wiring plug as the one I removed, so it connects to the cars wiring loom as it should.
Here:
Old sender for comparison:
The problem I have is that when connected, the sender does not move the gauge.
When checked with the multimeter on the ohms setting, it returns the readings expected and when the two wires on the car loom are bridged, the gauge works.
So the gauge, wiring and sender appear to be fine. Yet they will not work together.
Any ideas? (I have re-terminated the connections on the loom, as one was barely conducting due to corrosion.
I suppose I can also try running a new wire direct from the fuel gauge to the sender and also grounding the other terminal.
