dola54

[dola54]

i have a ranger 1994 xlt ext cab with super lift kit, i am having intermittent fuel,heat gage problems. if i turn on the AC they all come to life otherwise they come and go as they please. i tracked down a ground wire under the hood that was dangling i reconnected it to no avail. i have had the bed off for some welding work and had a chance to see the harness to the tank all wires are tight and in good shape. the wire to the heat sending unit seems to be fine as well. the gages have proven that they work but only when they want to. can anyone help me on this, i have to ride around with a gas can to be shure i get home.

thanks in advance for any help

 

[RonD]

I had gauge issues reading higher then reading lower.
The ground strap from the engine's head to the firewall was loose.

Those are the first things I would check, from the battery there should be a larger ground cable to the engine block, and maybe a small cable to the front rad support.
Then a cable from the engine to the body and a ground to the frame.

Sometimes it's just easier to add ground cables/straps if you can't find them; engine, body and frame all need good grounds to battery

 

[97RangerXLT]

What Ron said.

If all of your grounds are good, it may be that your sending unit itself is going bad.

AJ

 

[dola54]

thanks ron and aj i will check all those wire/grounds you mentioned. do you know how to get a door handle off to put a knob on it?

thanks again in advance

Dola54

 

[RonD]

thanks ron and aj i will check all those wire/grounds you mentioned. do you know how to get a door handle off to put a knob on it?

thanks again in advance

Dola54

???

Door handle......Knob

Window crank and knob maybe?

 

[97RangerXLT]

if it is the window crank, you can go get the special tool to remove the clip that holds it on. you can get it for under 10 bucks I think at any autoparts store.

Or if you are cheap, take a shop rag and slide it behind the crank and pull both ends of the towel down so they are touching each other and are around the post. then pull one end of the towel around the poste (like you are trying to wrap it around it) and it should snag the clip and fling it on the ground near you. the crank will now slide off. Find the clip and place it back in the groove of the crank, and when you push the crank back on it will snap into place.

AJ