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green ground wire
I bought a 1996 sea ray f-16 jet boat last summer and the seller said
the engine had recently been rebuilt. I noticed that the fuel gauge did not work when I bought the boat so this week I decided to replace both the fuel level sender in the tank and the fuel gauge. The new fuel gauge still does not work. In trying to figure out why the gauge does not work, I noticed the fuel tank had a green wire attached to it and the other end of the green wire was connected to the engine block at the same point where the battery +12 volt line is connected to the input of the starter solenoid. Because of this, the fuel tank is always +12 volts. I verified this with a volt meter that the tank is +12 Volts. This is apparently why the fuel sender is not working since their is no ground for the sensor. My question is this. Should I disconnect the green wire from the input to starter solenoid where the +12 V line is attached, and connect the green wire to where the battery negative black wire is connected on the engine block? I'm assuming that when the engine was put back into the boat someone connected the green wire in the wrong place. The boat worked fine all summer so the tank at +12 volts did not cause any problems other than the fuel gauge malfunction. Thanks for your help. |
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