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Weird Oil level sender.

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While i'm waiting for the new strut inserts and steering column components I thought i'd give her another oil change, start replacing all the hard brake lines and pull out the oil level sender to have a look if the float is dead.

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While i'm waiting for the new strut inserts and steering column components I thought i'd give her another oil change, start replacing all the hard brake lines and pull out the oil level sender to have a look if the float is dead.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

While i'm waiting for the new strut inserts and steering column components I thought i'd give her another oil change, start replacing all the hard brake lines and pull out the oil level sender to have a look if the float is dead. It does some weird flipping on the gauge under accel. See photo for reason. I suppose this may be common, the old 'dropped the dipstick down the hole' trick. New oil sender gasket and the needle is nice and steady now. And thanks to Tom OldSkool for the Door pocket lids. They look good even though its the wrong interior for a '73

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wow, I didn't think they could fit down there!

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It's probably been dangling on that float for four decades.

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Those rheostat based floats often give unreliable readings, even when new. They also bounce around causing transient signals.  If you place a small capacitor (typically 0.1F) across their  terminals (not in the tank, but up the chain) it smooths out the signal, stabilising the gauge.

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