bimbleuk
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| posted on 12/7/05 at 09:58 AM |
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VDO dip tube fuel sender
I've been unhappy with the accuracy of my fuel gauge for a while so I had a look for something else and bought this ....
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I'm using Smiths gauges but the swing arm sender supplied isn't rated to less than 180mm depth (my tank is 170mm).
I popped in to Merlin Motorport and lucky for me they had a 166mm dip tube in stock. I bought a VDO gauge to match as the Smiths gauge uses a
differnet calibration.
So unfortunately I have a spare Smiths Telemetrix fuel gauge (which I replaced with a voltage gauge, more useful IMO).
I'll mount the VDO gauge off the dash as it doesn't match the others. However it is well damped and to my releif reads the correct fuel
level 
[Edited on 12/7/05 by bimbleuk]
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tks
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| posted on 12/7/05 at 12:32 PM |
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i used one of these out of an
BMW 635i coupe..from 1979???
look at my pics..
Tks
5ohms full 70ohms empty +/-
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 12/7/05 at 12:46 PM |
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Good for you. Unfortunately I'm far too impatient to find the right bits in a scrappy. It was there and it did the job
Which probably explains why I built a Striker rather than a locost from scratch!
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Northy
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| posted on 12/7/05 at 05:46 PM |
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What resistance does it read full and empty?
I've got one that I'm not sure if its correct or not. It reads 44 ohm empty, and 0 ohm full, is that right?
I need one that reads 40 ohm empty and 180 ohm full ideally, any ideas?
Cheers
Graham
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 12/7/05 at 08:19 PM |
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There are supposed to be 2 aftermarket standards.
European, 10 - 180 Ohms
US, 240 - 33 Ohms
The Smiths swing arm was near at 18 - 180 Ohms but the VDO used a different rating for the dip tube of I think 0 - 90 Ohms
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Northy
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 09:40 PM |
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Cheers for that Bimbleuk,
Does anyone know if you can get VDO dip tube in European resistance standard? I need one 250mm deep to match my Greengauges gauge.
If so where from?
Cheers,
Graham
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"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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