Fuel guage fix needed
 

The fuel guage on my '83 300TD indicates about 3/8 of a tank _more_ than actual. Luckily I caught it the first time it needed fuel after I bought it!!!

It indicates Full for a _long_ time, too. I know part of that is the magic "bigger half" seen on most all fuel tanks. But at an indicated half-tank it takes 12 gal. to fill up.

Interestingly, I think the Low Fuel Indicator light works in the right condition. Apparantly just the needle section is wrong.

Any way to adjust the reading these needles show?

kma

fuel gauge
 

my 84 300sd would read accurate till abuot a 1/3 of a tank left and then it would get really wacky, bounce, show low, show fuel...

replacing the fuel sending unit behind the rear seat (see Thomaspin's site) did the trick - now it is dead on from "F" to reserve light