gas gauge ohms resistance

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  1. actionrpm

    actionrpm Differential specialist

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    I'm trying to get my factory fuel gauge to work right with my sender in my fuel cell,does anyone know the resistance in the volt reg. for the gauges in a stock '70 Mav.?I don't really want to pull the Tach,Shift light and Cluster out right now,I have a buddy that thinks he can change the resitance to make it work right,if someone knows what it is,Thanks
     
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    The range of resistance is 10 ohm = full .... 78 ohm = empty.
     
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    That is the resistance of the sender - not the gauge or constant voltage regulator.
    If the fuel cell came with a C3bby sender then you are going to have to change the sender to a Ford unit or get a matching gauge.
     
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