fuel gauge broken?

[zachm611]

hello i havent been here in a while, recently i bought a decent shell for dirt cheap and a 7mgte for cheap as well and just got it running however it looks like the gas gauge is possibly broken or im not sure? lol

anyways it looks like it possibly goes down instead of up when i turn the key or maybe its just staying down im not sure? i know its got gas since i just fillled it up the other day.

any help or suggestions is very appreciated thanks!

 

[Dan_Gyoba]

Probably the fuel sender unit. I've repaired a couple of these, it's not difficult at all, it's just a wiper on a wound resistor core. They lose contact sometimes. Open it up, bend the wiper, and it's good for another 20 years...