Another dual tank/guage problem

[Starliner]

Well, gremlins are back.
This morning neither gas guage worked, later the front tank was registering.
I guess it's time to roll up my sleeves and break out the test equipment.

[Gary Lewis]

Bummer!  I'm not big on any of the AMC cars, but Gremlins were the worst.  

Seriously though, my experience has been that the sending units tend to be intermittent and quit sending at spots in their range.  So my testing would start by grounding the sending unit wire near the tank and checking to see that the gauge goes to full scale.  If so, that proves the wiring to that point and all you have left is the connection to the sending unit, the sending unit itself, and its ground.

[Starliner]

Ok, knowing the intermittent thing is encouraging.
It's all junk replacement parts.

What good is a lifetime warranty on a part which never works.

[Gary Lewis]

I saw a sketch once where a guy took a bad part in that had a lifetime warranty. They shot him. 😎

[FuzzFace2]

Gary Lewis wrote

Bummer!  I'm not big on any of the AMC cars, but Gremlins were the worst.  

Pintos where worst than Gremlins
FYI Gremlins were the only compact car you could buy from the factory with a v8 motor and was a 5.0 (304) at that!


That gauge, if it stopped working for both tanks it would have to be something common like the switch or the ground as I think the same grounding point is used for both.
If just 1 tank then I would look at that tanks plug & sender.
Dave ----

[Gary Lewis]

FuzzFace2 wrote

FYI Gremlins were the only compact car you could buy from the factory with a v8 motor and was a 5.0 (304) at that!

I thought that would get your attention, Dave.