Re: Attn: Scout 800 owners, Need answers!

[Matt and Stacy Sopher <sopher@domain.elided>]

It's not his brake lights, but his back up lights.
And to fix the gauge prob, I actually have to remove gas tanks?
I guess I'll fix them when I install my roll bar.
Matt

Myron Ware wrote:

> Matt,
>   Neither of my senders were accurate until I removed them from the
> tank and took them apart to clean them. I also played with the
> bump-stops inside the sending unit case to make sure that the
> resistances being output were close to the factory specs.  Instead of
> 0-90, mine are closer to 10-80, but the dash guage reads pretty
> accurate and I have a gallon or so left when the needle gets to "E".
> Just go slow when bending the tabs up that keep the cover on the
> internals of the sending unit.
>   As for the brake lights, make sure that the grounds are clean for
> the bulbs as well as the housing mount.  As for both not working on
> your friend's, have you checked the brake light switch that's
> activated by the pedal to make sure it's doing its job?
> HTH,
> Myron  '68 800
>
> ----Original Message----
> > Got a couple of questions, I am having trouble with my gas gauge. On
> > the right tank, it works fine. But on my left tank, the gas gauge
> > works sometimes,  and other times doesn't. Seems odd, but my
> > friend's 67 Scout 800, both of his doesn't work. Any ideas? Back up
> > tailights, one of mine works, so I figure, the other bulb is out.
> > But neither back up tailight on my friends' 67 work. His bulbs are
> > new.