Recent content by Carl Ray

A manual steering shaft is 3 inches longer than a power steering shaft. Most likely your's is collapsed.

69 383 with headers and pwr steering, couldn't get enough room unbolting motor mount. Had to drop K member

The Canvas Shoppe in Michigan. At skiboatcovers.com. Got one from them for my 57 Retractable 30 years ago, fits like a glove and still looks brand new.

Are you experiencing an overheating issue? Is your current system stock?

Ohm one of your spare sending units throughout the range. Takes gauge out of picture.

Put your ohm meter on the sending unit, outside the tank. Raise the float slowly, does the resistance level raise or lower smoothly? It's very possible the wiper on the arm is losing contact part way during the sweep.

What happens at the gauge as you raise and lower the float?

OK. That's good. I would pull sending unit, hook signal wire to it, ground fuel line on sender and with key on operate float rod by hand and watch gauge. Sounds like you've got a crap sender, which is very common.

You shouldn't have 12 volts at the sender, it should be a pulsing 5 volts via the Limiter on the back of the cluster. You need the ground to complete the circuit. The gauge works by the resistance to ground thru the sending changing.

Disconnect signal wire from tank, hook up voltmeter, how many volts do you read with key on?

Replaced mine with a reproduction from ABC Moparts. Looks and fits great. https://abcmoparts.com/shop

I have Hedman headers on 383 '69. Ended up dropping the K frame, only way I could get enough room to slide it out.

Glenray Radiators

You dont need an aluminum radiator with your setup. The original can be cleaned out or core replaced and it will be fine. I run a stock radiator on my 69 w/AC and never get above 205 on a 100 degree day. No need to buy new original from Classic.

It helps because it takes load off the connectors within the bulkhead, but your Ammeter is not going to ready accurately the way you have it wired