hey man i appreciate the help, tonight i was driving and now it max's out
and stays their, well im going to connect it and move that float and see
what happens. should i hookup the multimeter and see the resistance?

"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
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> Shawn Taylor wrote:
> > I have a 99 honda accord ex coupe, I recently had takin out my
fuelpump/fuel
> > sendin unit assembly. The probelm is when i put it back in and started
my
> > car up the fuel gauge started going up to about 3/4 full. but i actually
had
> > less than a 1/4 tank, well i finally went back down but still seemed
alittle
> > high. So i had taken out the pmump again checked the sendin unit and
nothin
> > seems to be blocking the arm or anything. Well i filled my tank up and
the
> > needle went up lioke normal but i have been driving around and the
needle
> > has droped down alittle like normal, BUT just now the needle just maxed
> > out. Heres some ?'s I have.
> > 1. When you turn the car off is the needle suppose to fall to empty
until
> > you give your car power?
>
> no.
>
> > 2. If not, I had the connector that plugs to the pump off, and had then
neg
> > cable off, the needle stayed at like 1/4 tank, before i filled it back
up.
> > Was that normal?
>
> if you have the sender out of the tank, connect it up and move the float
> up & down. the needle should follow - slowly. if it's not giving you
> full gauge travel, either the sender is defective or the gauge is.
>
> i had a similar problem with the needle not falling below 3/4, even when
> empty. turned out that the car had been rear ended and even though it
> looked fine from the outside, one of the tank baffles inside was bent
> and it was stopping the float from moving properly. changed the tank,
> problem disappeared.
>
> > 3. want kinda of test do i need to do to figure this out?
> > Thankyou for your help.
> >
> >
>