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Old 21st March 2014, 10:00 PM
onedayTM onedayTM is offline
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Default sierra fuel sender

can the sierra fuel sender work with aftermarket gauges. I ask as GBS sell new ones, can anyone help?
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tony
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Old 22nd March 2014, 12:31 AM
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I have the same setup and can confirm it does work but not had chance to find out how accurate it is. I also have an aftermarket one that came with the gauge though o all bases covered

Russ
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Old 22nd March 2014, 11:24 AM
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Fuel ohms
US 240 empty 33 full

Euro 10 empty 180 full

I had to mod the Sierra sender as it read backwards
Removed feed wire from variable resistor and re soldered to the other end
It now works with my Smiths/Caerbont Telemetrix gauge although it reeds full early and never reaches empty
One day I'll replace it with a dip tube but for now its usable
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Old 22nd March 2014, 10:01 PM
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you might find a gauge to match your sender or why not use a sender that matches the gauge.
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Old 23rd March 2014, 09:58 PM
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cheers guys, that one from GBS was the smallest, the other one from car builders was quite abit longer as I'm going for std tank, was also trying to keep cost down.
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