[AT] Gas Tank sending unit needed

[charlie hill]

Lane if you search around in some catalogs like JC Whitney or online you 
maybe be able to find an aftermarket sending unit that you can adapt to work 
on your IH.  Just a thought.  As for me I use the previously discussed, low 
tech, stick method.  Only thing is I don't have a fancy stick.  I just use 
whatever I can find, pick up off the ground, break of a tree, bush or weed 
and wipe clean.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lane Freeman" <lmfree at ptd.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Tank sending unit needed


> Charlie,
> I agree with you 100%.  This tractor was at my local IH dealer to put in a
> new TA.  But while it was there I told them they may as well fix the Gas
> gauge(it hasn't worked since I owned it).  Seemed like a simple enough fix
> putting in a new sending unit but this has escalated into a major problem.
> I think it may be easier to just open the cap and look in to check the
> level.
>
> Lane Freeman
> New Tripoli, PA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Tank sending unit needed
>
>
>> I understand why all should work correctly on a restored tractor, but 
>> this
>> sure is getting complicated.  The gage on my 340U has not worked since I
>> have owned it.  I think it stays on empty.  I carry a stick in the 
>> battery
>> box behind the seat.  When I want to check the gas, I take off the cap,
> wipe
>> the stick clean with my hand, and tap it into the tank to the bottom.
> Then
>> I pull the stick back out and look at it.  I know I am just a crude old
> man,
>> but it sure tells me how much is left in the tank. Grin.  I know, the
>> correct police would never buy into that program.
>>
>> Charlie V. in cold WNY
>>
>> >From: Doug Tallman <dtallman at accnorwalk.com>
>> >Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Tank sending unit needed
>> >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:55:04 -0500
>> >
>> >   I guess I just assumed what my local IH
>> > >mechanic was correct or I misunderstood.  He told me the original IH
>> >Gauge
>> > >worked fine with the Massey sending unit until you mounted the gauge 
>> > >in
>> >the
>> > >dash where it was grounded, then the whole thing went @ss backwards.
>>
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>> >---
>> >
>> >Lane, what's the possibility of the original guage being shorted
> internally
>> >to the case? What was the original problem? If it needed the case
> grounded,
>> >I wouldn't think it would work right when it was out of the dash unless
> you
>> >jumpered a ground. I looked at the schematic for my T340 and if the
>> >schematic is correct it doesn't show the case of the guage as being a
>> >ground. Does it still work right through the whole sweep, just
> backwards??
>> >Can you change the wire positions at the guage and get it to work right?
>> >Seems that worrked for the ammeter when you switch from positive to
>> >negative ground. If all else fails, you could always translate the E as
>> >enough and the F as "fill me up":)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >            Doug Tallman
>> >            dtallman at accnorwalk.com
>> >            VGTCOA Ohio Regional Director
>> >                Greenwich, OH USA
>> >
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