[C320-list] Fuel gauge sender ground

[Chris Burti]

If I recall correctly, on our 320, there is a black wire that runs from a
lug on one of the sending unit screws walong with the pink hot wire to the
ground buss in the engine instrument pod on the pedestal.

2008/6/5 mike hunter <popotladreaming at yahoo.com>:

> Thank you Chris for your response.  You are correct; there isn't a second
> (ground) wire.  Whereabouts on the engine is the ground typically connected
> to?  How is the ground wire routed to the aft section of the boat?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fuel gauge sender ground
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 12:52 PM
>
> Tank and fill are usually grounded to the engine. Look for another wire at
> both places, if you don't find it....that may be your problem.
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:49 PM, mike hunter <popotladreaming at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >  I've narrowed my inoperable fuel gauge down to the grounding of the
> fuel
> > gauge sending unit.  The ground wire is currently connected to one of the
> > bolts extending down through the deck from the diesel deck fill plate.
> Is
> > there another / better location to ground to (I'm having a tough time
> > finding ground back there)?  I was told not to ground to the chain plate
> > bolts passing through the transom, is this true?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC
>
>
>
>


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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC