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Old 11-25-2012, 08:55 PM   #12
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Thumbs up Re: fuel gauge ohm.'s for a 1966 c10?

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Originally Posted by xratt View Post
i was getting ready to buy a 0 - 90 ohm. sending unit to mount in my aftermarket bed mounted tank, to work with my stock fuel gauge in the dash of my 1966 C10. Then i ran across some info about 2 different ohm. ranges for stock gauges. I know the stock gauge works, turn key on and its says full, ground out sending unit wire and it says empty. Just dont want to buy the wrong sending unit. And tired of getting stuck on the side of the road with my little gas can.

thanks for your help
I have researched this issue thoroughly. Thru 1966, the pickups' factory fuel gauges used the 0-to-30 ohm sending unit, definitely. The GM CARS did not correspond with GM PICKUP year-changes; it seems this is where the mix-up came from concerning our pickups.

I've read where one (I don't recall any more, but there may have been.) person had what he thought was a factory sender from a 1966 C10 that had 90 ohms stamped on sender housing; but when he checked it with ohmmeter, it registered 30 ohms at max and near zero ohms at min, when on the float's other extreme.
HTH,
sam
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