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53_mercLuke · 01-29-2022, 05:20 PM

Hey guys,

My fuel gauge has never been correct. I had the original sender in it and changed it with a new one. The new one though had the wire that goes to the gauge and to a ground (I think electrical isn’t my strong suit) I hooked up the new sender and it varies on full and half full and so on, in the morning it will say full then when I go home from work it will say half full but on the way home it will jump back to full. I disconnected the ground wire to chassis ground, to make it a one wire sender like the original, and it varies also. Any ideas on what could be going on? It’s a 53 mercury I have. Again electrical is not my strongest

Thanks in advance

01-29-2022, 05:20 PM	#1
53_mercLuke Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Houston TX Posts: 79	Fuel gauge isn’t correct Hey guys, My fuel gauge has never been correct. I had the original sender in it and changed it with a new one. The new one though had the wire that goes to the gauge and to a ground (I think electrical isn’t my strong suit) I hooked up the new sender and it varies on full and half full and so on, in the morning it will say full then when I go home from work it will say half full but on the way home it will jump back to full. I disconnected the ground wire to chassis ground, to make it a one wire sender like the original, and it varies also. Any ideas on what could be going on? It’s a 53 mercury I have. Again electrical is not my strongest Thanks in advance