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I am set on buying an after market fuel gauge by auto meter. How many ohms or volts are required to run this set up on our trucks, mine is a 72. Ditching original gauge, how is this set up wired.
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Take a look down at the bottom of the Sending Unit tutorial:

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Barry

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I new this wasn't going to be easy :eek: In the tech tutorial it mentioned to use the 73 ohms/8-12 ohms right? I got the part number for the correct auto meter gauge to buy but the wiring is whats killing me. Once I buy it you have to test you fuel sending unit to adjust the gauge to the matching settings correct?????????????? How would this apply to simply buying a new sending unit? Shouldnt the new units come with the stats of ohms it's equiped with? I sure am twisted
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Why not try to fix whatever is wrong with the stock gauge? There's nothing inherently wrong with them, my gauges have been working flawlessly going on 12 years now.
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You almost make me want to give it another shot for the third time. I hear a bunch of bad talk about them being off always.
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