After Market Fuel Gauge

[chtwhite]

I purchased a IS fuel tank with stock sender for my 2001 Standard; 3 ohms full and 94 ohms empty.  It reads this way with an ohm meter.  So I purchased a Classic Instruments Vintage Series Gauges VT12SLC  2" fuel gauge with settings of 0 ohms full and 90 ohms empty from Summit Racing.  I put the sender on the gauge and the ground from the sender on the ground on the gauge and power from the battery to the power and there is a full tank of gas.  It reads exactly backwards.  It goes straight to "E".  After checking EVERYTHING multiple times and making sure everything is set up correctly, I concluded it must be wired backwards and I returned it and they send me another one.  Same thing.  Goes straight to "E" when full.  I syphoned out half the fuel it goes straight down to half a tank.  So the gauge works.  I've switched wires on the ground and sender and that doesn't work at all.  I've used different grounds - that doesn't make it work either.  I've checked the tanks resistants multiple times and it changes and it reads within the ranges for full and empty.  What am I doing wrong?  Could the Vintage Brand meter simply be wired incorrectly?  I really do not know what else to try.  Any other ideas would be appreciated and considered.  Thanks for your time.

[sandy]

Previous posts have stated that Hondas sender is backwards from the industry standard. Motosens makes a gauge that is correctly wired for the Honda sender.

[BonS]

Here's a link to a thread on modifying the standard I/S fuel gauge sender to work with standard 90 ohm gauges:

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,35073.0.html

[Bighead]

Just mount the gauge upside down

[Pepmyster]

Just mount the gauge upside down

 

[Chrisj CMA]

its all in your head....

E = Enough

F = Fricken Empty


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