fuel gauge always reads completly empty. where's a good place to start looking.

I wouldn't even bother to start looking. Many people (most notably Legacy777) have replaced the sender contacts on the fuel pump (the part that controls the gauge), but all they do is rust and the gauge proceeds to not work again. You can try techron, but I doubt you'll be doing much of anything.

 

I'd recommend using the tripometer.

is their anything that can be done to make the low fuel light work. it ran out of gas and the light never came on.

is their anything that can be done to make the low fuel light work. it ran out of gas and the light never came on.

The low fuel light is on a separate circuit and reader. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly where the sensor for that is.

The low fuel light is on a separate circuit and reader. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly where the sensor for that is.

 

I DO I DO I DO!!

 

 

Its mounted on the bracket with the fuel pump/sender in the tank. It looks like a little bullit.

 

This sounds like its an electrical failure of some kind, as that sensor is indistructable. There should be an aces panel in the trunk. Remove that and underneath it will be the cover for the fuel pump assembly. Chekc all the electrical connections, they may just be dirty. The senders are low current, thats whay they may not work and the fuel pump still does (unless the fuel pump is external, I dont remeber on this year).

 

nipper

I took my sending unit out (well, one of the two... Driver's side is just a float, passenger side is float + low fuel light, on the 4WDs, 2WDs only have one sending unit) and cleaned it and my gauge worked for a while, now it's flaky again..

 

Take them both out, clean them with electrical contact cleaner, clean up the connections, put in some dielectric grease, and see if it works.