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Fuel level sender quit. 81 GS850G

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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.
 
seanarthurmachado said:
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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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.
 
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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