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Old 03-11-2005, 09:43 PM
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Crazy fuel gauge

So I did the SR5 swap and working out all the bugs.

I just filled my tank and the fuel gauge never goes all the way up. In fact it moves around a lot.

My old gauge moved alittle, but was pretty steady, so I am pretty sure that my sending unit is ok. Do I just have a bad gauge?
Old 03-11-2005, 09:48 PM
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what year of cluster did you get if you got an 88-89 they have a low fuel light i just go by that 87 might have it too
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It ha sthe low fuel light, but I want the gauge to work to get an idea of where I am in the tank. I would just feel better if it at least read full when it is full.
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if you are sure that the sending unit is fine then it must be the gauge
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The sender in the rig the instrument cluster came from is different. (Pickup/4Runner/big tank/small tank) You might try to get the sender from the donor...
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crap, that sucks. Does that mean the low fuel light isn't accurate?

It sounded like that sender was hard to get at on 4runners. and expensive from the dealer.
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