fuel gauge no reading

[sweep121]

since I bought the car the fuel gauge doesn't work.

Luckily the light still works and as long as i'm 6 miles or so away from a petrol station i'm alright. :-D

I've done some research but I can't really find any clear solutions. :?

Ideally i'm looking for someone to point me in the right direction ie check this and check that. ;-)

as far as the connection on the fuel tank, where exactly is it? :roll:

What's it likely to be?

cheers

 

[jpward]

since I bought the car the fuel gauge doesn't work.

Luckily the light still works and as long as i'm 6 miles or so away from a petrol station i'm alright. :-D

I've done some research but I can't really find any clear solutions. :?

Ideally i'm looking for someone to point me in the right direction ie check this and check that. ;-)

as far as the connection on the fuel tank, where exactly is it? :roll:

What's it likely to be?

cheers

Has the needle ever moved when filled and is the dials standard?

 

[sweep121]

it's never moved it just sits at the very bottom and the dials are standard

 

[jpward]

Well if the light comes on then the sender must be ok so looks like the guage it self i managed to get mine working again last week and all i done was to fill with fuel as much as i could get in, and then i took the clocks out and checked the 4 rear screws and pluged it back in and turned the ign on and gently moved the level up to slightly past full where it stayed so i turned ign off again and reassembled and its working fine again now.

Took bout 20 mins in total with 1 screwdriver so not hard to do worth a go