I have a '96 Harley Road King that just suffered the same fault.....I wouldn't have guessed it either, but after replacing the
gauge with success, I disassembled (destroyed) the old gauge and low and behold.... a VR. Live and learn.
Steve

"frank1492" wrote in message ...
Steve:
I would not have guessed this. I am going to examine the sender
again and if I find everything in order, I will look to the gauge.
Thanks.
Frank



On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 06:17:16 +0200, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote:

Frank,
Depending on the vehicle, it is not uncommon to use a voltage regulator in the gauge assembly, as raw battery voltage moves
around
25%. If the regulator fails, the gauge will read max fuel.
Steve

"frank1492" wrote in message ...
Not really "electronic" but...
I was going along and suddenly my gas gauge flipped to the max.
The sender is resistive type with "wiper." I disassembled it and found
nothing wrong. Checked the ground connection to the tank, as well as
the wiper connection. All appeared to be in order.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Frank