WICruiser-97
I'm Awesome
I recently bought this '97 C1500 and among other things dropped the tank (to remove 7 year old fuel, pump made noise but would not pump out fuel) and replaced the pump and sending unit.
I now have the truck running and have put about 8 gallons of fuel into the 25 gallon tank but the gauge reads empty or very close to empty. I assumed it was a problem where the ground wire connects to the frame (rust issues) so I ran a seperate ground wire from the tank ground wire (I believe it is the ground for the sending unit) to one of the torque convertor cover bolts thinking that would be a good connection to the engine but no change in gauge response.
I am trying to avoid dropping the tank again just to confirm the sending unit function. Is there an easy way I can verify the gauge is not the problem? All of the other instrument panel gauges appear to functioning correctly.
I now have the truck running and have put about 8 gallons of fuel into the 25 gallon tank but the gauge reads empty or very close to empty. I assumed it was a problem where the ground wire connects to the frame (rust issues) so I ran a seperate ground wire from the tank ground wire (I believe it is the ground for the sending unit) to one of the torque convertor cover bolts thinking that would be a good connection to the engine but no change in gauge response.
I am trying to avoid dropping the tank again just to confirm the sending unit function. Is there an easy way I can verify the gauge is not the problem? All of the other instrument panel gauges appear to functioning correctly.