Fuel gauge sender.

[devil]

Great info JSA.
Colours could be different, as my one has brown, green and blue. Maybe because this one was bought as a service part.

Please can you tell me your part number and where did you manage to find one?

Many thanks

Calum

[KR54321]

Hi Calum,
It was at Ford about 10 years ago.

[devil]

Stll available on that part number for a mere £630 from Germany

[The Radman]

better get a couple of spares then

[devil]

Maybe something we could look at for getting remade, we will all need one at somepoint

[KR54321]

Unfortunately now I have only a brand new fuel pump taken off the sender. The unit is in the tank.

[BillyEdmonds]

I have finally removed my sender & disassembled it. I can see the wear mark on the sender & confirmed with a multimeter that I have a number of dead spots.
I bought an NOS Orion sender on eBay ( $170 ) because they looked very similar. It arrived today so I disassembled it. Very close but not close enough to make work.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-OEM-FOR...p2047675.l2557

HOWEVER, the pointer attached to the float that scratches along the track is longer than the standard Escort one by quite a bit. I was able to bend it to shape to move along the upper, unworn portion of the track.
The standard Escort one will need to be pried off & the Orion one will need to be pressed on. It's just a plastic sleeve pressed onto the float arm.

I then verified via a multimeter that I have a 100% operational sender !
This has lead me to find a secondary fault within the gauge which I am now dealing with. The most important thing is there's a work-around for our faulty senders.

In order of appearance below:

* Orion sender pointer on the left ( already bent to shape ) & Escort pointer on the right
* Orion bent pointer installed onto Escort board, above the worn pattern on the track
* Escort board showing the heavy wear which has taken place that the new pointer will avoid

Hope this helps !!!

[BillyEdmonds]

Testing the gauge.
Does anyone have one they can sell me ?

[The Radman]

good work, great idea to use the unworn section

[jsa]

Good stuff Billy, thanks for sharing.

[VADreamer]

Testing the gauge.
Does anyone have one they can sell me ?

Fantastic detective work, Billy.

You can contact Cozzed on here. He refurbishes Escort gauge clusters as a side hustle and likely has spares. He did the KPH to MPH speedo swap for me when he refurb'ed my gauges.

[BillyEdmonds]

Fantastic detective work, Billy.

You can contact Cozzed on here. He refurbishes Escort gauge clusters as a side hustle and likely has spares. He did the KPH to MPH speedo swap for me when he refurb'ed my gauges.

Thanks for the referral. I bought a set of MK5 clocks on eBay today, same pattern number.
didnt know km to mph was a thing. Next project !

[BillyEdmonds]

Even though I have gotten mine working I'm still not in love with how it operates. Wondering if anyone has a faulty one I can buy. Theres a company over here that reconditions them. Worth a try

[ossie cossie]

good work worth remembering,

[cosman]

Is it the white Circuit board that is at fault I may be able to get them remade

steve