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    Fuel level sender quit. 81 GS850G

    Ok it's a 34 year old bike and I don't expect everything to work but I have the tank off for cleaning and noticed that the fuel gauge always says E no matter the fuel quantity. I removed the sender and found that years of old gas have pretty much ruined any chance of my repairing it. So what do you guys do? The bike has a reserve position on the petcock so I guess just ignore the fuel gauge and just operate like any of the other dozens of bikes I've had without gauges?

    I've found at least one on eBay that looks like it would work but I'm not sure I want to spend $100 for an inop gauge.
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    http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/GSfuelguagesendunitrepair_by_mr_jethro.pdf


    Click around here and get familiar with its contents.

    http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/


    http://zeus.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/GS850_Manual_HiRes.pdf
    MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
    1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

    NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


    I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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      #3
      did you check the "fuel gauge repair guide" on Basscliffs website ?

      http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/GSfuelguagesendunitrepair_by_mr_jethro.pdf


      It might help.

      (I assume you checked for broken wires already)


      sean

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        #4
        heres the list the senders part number crosses to. You can get them on Ebay for around 50 bucks or so...usually.

        MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
        1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

        NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


        I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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          #5
          Originally posted by seanarthurmachado View Post
          did you check the "fuel gauge repair guide" on Basscliffs website ?

          http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/GSfuelguagesendunitrepair_by_mr_jethro.pdf


          It might help.

          (I assume you checked for broken wires already)


          sean
          Thank you for that link but mine is really in bad shape. The one in the PDF looks new. The wire has disintegrated and the moving parts are just kind of flopping around under that cover. It's completely covered in dried up gas and rust. I'm sure it's beyond repair and I used to fix aircraft radios and instruments for a living. I'll search on ebay.

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            #6
            I have one off an 81 1000glx I could ship you. It worked when I took it out and seems to be in decent shape... Just PM me and let me know. Definitely less than $50!!

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