ghetto rigging a fuel guage

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

The McGyver way would be to use a stick with known marks on for how much 
fuel is in there.

On 5/5/05, Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> One of the main things on my list of stuff to do before Cincy is rig my 
> fuel guage up so I have an approximate idea of how much is in the tank. 
> Here's the problem though. All the dash wires have been cut (the live ones 
> weren't even capped!) so nothing in my dash works (odometer included). I 
> would assume the sensor is still in the tank and the only thing missing is 
> the wire that actually connects to the guage part. What's the easiest, 
> cheapest, MacGyver-like way to tell how much fuel is in my tank? Oh, and to 
> complicate things, I cannot find my way around a wiring diagram like what's 
> in Bentleys so that option is out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
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1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
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