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Got tired of looking at my fuel gauge reading EMPTY. I thought I might slide into a deep depression LOL.

So, today, I sprayed a little PB Blaster around the locking collar, let it sit for about 15 minutes, then used a small brass drift and a hammer to turn the collar. Of course, I disconnected the fuel line first.

Took the cruddy unit into the shop, and found that the float was full of gas. There was a small crack in the float, so I squeezed the float to open the crack, and drained the gas out. Sanded the area thoroughly, then used flux and a large electric soldering iron to make the repair.

While I had it out, I used electronics cleaner to clean up the variable resistor, checked it out with an ohm meter, then cleaned everything up.

The sock was in surprisingly good shape, just dirty, so I cleaned it with Acetone and an old toothbrush.

Put it back in the truck, with some silicone grease on the O-Ring. The gauge now read about 1/8th full. Put 20 bucks in, and it went a bit over the half mark. Drove for a while, then filled it up, and it went above the full mark, so I'm very happy with the result.

If I can do this, anybody can do it!