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Tips & Tricks => Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: bigray on July 15, 2005, 01:56:24 AM

Title: Replace Fresh water sending unit and gauge
Post by: bigray on July 15, 2005, 01:56:24 AM
My fresh water gauge works when it wants to. Any idea on replacing the guage and sending unit? Seems it would be tricky to find a sending unit for that.

It's hard to tell how much water I have. When I'm boondocking I sometime just want 1/2 a tank of water.
Title: Replace Fresh water sending unit and gauge
Post by: Andy Illes on July 15, 2005, 02:30:38 PM
If you'd just quit stuffing your Playboy Centerfolds in the filler hole, and just spring for a new gizzmo..... those boobs wouldn't be stuck all over your sender contacts..... sheesh.
Title: Replace Fresh water sending unit and gauge
Post by: bigray on July 17, 2005, 09:53:14 PM
now my secret is out!!!!!!! Thanks alot!
Title: Replace Fresh water sending unit and gauge
Post by: Andy Illes on July 30, 2005, 06:04:58 PM
On a (slightly) more serious note........

When I first got Fred, the onboard water didn't work at all (pump ran, but dry), so I removed the tank (it was fulla clogging pink, green and fuzzy white stuff you do NOT want to know about!!!).  There isn't a "sender", per se..... there's a vertical series of 5 little sensor gizmos screwed through the tank wall, each with 2 wires to it.  If there's water up to one... it conducts so the guage for that level lights up.

The terminal connections were all pretty cruddy and I cleaned 'em up.  If yours are like that, might wanna try the same thing.  Could be all your problem is.  

I'd imagine the holding tanks work the same way.
Title: Replace Fresh water sending unit and gauge
Post by: Horst on July 30, 2005, 06:51:59 PM
Also,
check the connection on the switch you use to check the water level - mine didn't work at first either - I took apart that whole gizmo - carefully cleaned all the connections, and then all worked well - got lucky I guess..........

have not started my Clipper in almost a month.........it's staring at me with a very sad face............

:-(