Silly question - Fuel gauge sender on 300 tdi

If they have rusted, the wiring and the plug probably has too.

They are not expensive, and when you get a new one, you get the sender, a rubber washer and a new lock ring - at least you do on a 90.

Carpet in the back tends to lean towards a disco :)

Cheers for that. I guess the initial problem is how to get the blanking plate off. The screws won't undo! :-(

Ooops. Yes should have said so. Yup. Disco! :-)

Wait fort new one and bash it wit hamma

- I'm practicing my northern, thanks nige for the lessons.

Na ..... 'it it like a blork.

;-)

Lee D

I used an angle grinder to get the heads (Only two of them rusted though) of mine off, then decent pliers to remove the screw bodies and new self-tapping replacements when I did it.

But mine wasn't a problem with the wiring, it was the wire on the sender had come un-soldered ... after I'd bought a new one ready for fitting. After re-soldering the old one, I now have a fully working spare, if anyone needs one cheaply ... ;)

'appen beginners shud tek a ganda' oer theeyr

Whilst the sun is 't crackin' flags lad.

Paul, give us a piccy of the knackered screws and we'll probably be able to suggest a solution ;)

When I had this problem on my series 2a it was simply a bad earth connection.

Regards,

Stephen

I long ago gave up on such fripperies, guesswork and spare jerry can is my solution :)

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Eventually managed to get a decent enough screwdriver to undo them with a bit of brute force. Used a flat headed philips instead of a pointy one that I had in the toolbox.

It did indeed turn out to be a duff wire, so a bit of soldering later and it was all working fine!

I can now drive again without having to watch the miles tick up! :-)

BY THE WAY, does anyone know if there are any landy/4x4 clubs in the Butser Hill area of (SE) Hampshire?