gas gauge stopped working

[chocking]

Hi,

 

Finally got the 84 VR all put back together after a long winter tear down..Replaced collector, new swing arm bushings, starter rebuild and misc other stuff...Started her up today for the first time... runs great.....BUT

 

Gas gauge shows empty and of course the darn little red light is flashing , but the tank was half full... rode to the gas station, filled it up and still shows empty. This happened once last year for about 10 minutes then good all summer..

 

What to check first??? fuel sender, float...gauge itself???

 

Any advice on where to begin would be appreciated...Can certainly ride it, but do not like the little red light and I'd rather know the gas level

 

Thanks,

 

Clay

[rjg1985]

My 85 had the same problem. It was the float and sending unit mounted in the tank under the seat. I got a replacement on ebay for around $30.00 with shipping. The sending unit has a fine copper wire coil in it and when the copper wire breaks it's done for.

[Dano]

I'd pull the seat and make sure you had it hooked up right first...........

[chocking]

I still have my tank from my old 83 ...I'll first check the connections, greae them up with dialectic grease....Other wise I'll pull the fuel sender and check that...I was wondering about the solder connections as a potential issue.

[Venturous Randy]

Usually just tightening the crimp on the connections at the sending unit will fix most of the problems. Just remove the seat and you will see.

RandyA

[Condor]

My 85 had the same problem. It was the float and sending unit mounted in the tank under the seat. I got a replacement on ebay for around $30.00 with shipping. The sending unit has a fine copper wire coil in it and when the copper wire breaks it's done for.

 

I had the sender coil break on a truck once. Pulled the sender and put a little solder over the break. Worked great.

[6m459]

Check THIS post in the tech section with some pix and info on a repair I did.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Brian H.

[chocking]

I'll check out these options tomorrow night..Thanks for the advice.. hope it's just a connection issue, but at any rate, does not seem too complicated.

[chocking]

Want to thank everyone for the advice... took the seat off and simply cleaned the connections real well and sprayed them down with electric cleaner. Immediately worked perfect....Glad it was the first simple solution....

 

Thanks

 

Clay