Hey, for the majority of sprinter owners that gauges play around.
And lack of guides with pictures. I decided to make one for those
people that thought it was too much of a hassle. It will take about
5-10 minutes depending on the garbage you have in your boot
You will need:
Philips head screw driver
Small flat head screw driver
A rag
A celebration beer
Caution, if you have brass tools or whatever please use them, a spark
made can cause some unpleasantries when working with the sender.
Remove all the junk from you boot especially anything that can cause a spark then locate the sender unit in your boot. It will be under on the drivers side near the spare tire. It will have 3 screws and 2 looms(one with 2 wires and one with 3 wires). You may want to remove these plugs to work with the sender a bit easier
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Underneath this is the actual sending unit. Undo the 6 screws at the top and remove the sending unit. You might want to rub around the area with a cloth so you dont get much crap into your tank
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You will see a metallic rectangular box with two arms coming out. One with a wire around it that sends the empty fuel light to turn on and another arm with a floating device (black box thingo).
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One the actual unit there are three tabs. lift these up with a flat head or preferably your nails if you can. slide out the box. (tabs are circled)
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You should see this inside. bend the sending thingo so that it makes contact with the coil throuhout the entire travel. You can reattach the plugs at this time if you desire and move the float around and watch the fuel gauge to be sure its working
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once everything is all good. reattach the cover and work backwards to reinstall the sender. Congrats you now have a decent sender (unless your float doesnt work or some electrical problem but then thats not my problem =)
