Alpine Series V Gauges

[Eleven]

I just bought the above car, the temp and gas gauges do not work. The temp stays cold and pulses and the gas is reading full. On my Triumph that means the gas is shorted or the gauges are not grounded. Wiring looks right and the grounds look good. The Voltage Stabilizer reads +10V. So two questions:
WTF?
and where is the gas tank sending unit located, right tank or left? (Book seems to indicate left side). Not wanting to start tearing out trim on a random search!!!

Thanks all, new car to me and I have some learning to do.

 

[SunbeamTom]

The first thing you might want to try, check and clean all your electrical connections, Lucas used alot of "bullet" connectors and it seems they corrode and become poor conductors (kinda like the guys on passenger trains /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif ) You'll also want to make sure your ground connection are "solid". I also have a Series V and solved a few problems doing this.
Congrats on moving up to the exciting world of Sunbeam ownership .

Tom J

 

[Eleven]

Thanks! If I could figure out how to attach photo I would send you one. Still needs paint but is in great shape. My first race car was an Alpine way back in '74. Switched to Spitfires and fooled with those ver since. Time to come home!

 

[Tullamore]

The gas tank sending unit is on the top of the driverside tank. It screws out and it will have a little metal cover that you can remove. Underneath is just a simple coil of fine wires that the lever arm rubs against. I had a fuel guage that wasn't working and after I cleaned up the wires and the arm that rubs against that coil it worked perfectly.

 

[Tullamore]

Here is a picture I took when I had the sender apart:

 

[Eleven]

That's what I needed!!!! Thanks, very much appreciated!!