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MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:59
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I've got a MA61 that's had a 1j conversion, everything is cool except the fuel guage doesn't function properly. I'll fill the tank up full, the guage will show full untill I turn the car off. Then it will either show completely empty or one or two bars. From then on it's all over the shop untill I fill up again.
Any ideas how to fix it? Oh, it's got a walbro fuel pump and a malpassi FPR. Should I just get an aftermarket guage or something?
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VIC, Sth Frankston.
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July 2003
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:01
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have you changed the fuel level sender? Sounds faulty to me.
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:13
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The conversion will not touch the fuel guage, unless you have bumped something.
Is your fuel pump external or internal.
If its internal, you have probably knocked something.
I'd be checking the sender too.
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Location:
Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:44
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| CrUZsida wrote on Mon, 14 February 2005 11:43 |
The conversion will not touch the fuel guage, unless you have bumped something.
Is your fuel pump external or internal.
If its internal, you have probably knocked something.
I'd be checking the sender too.
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Here here. It could also be the guage playing up in the dash, but more likely the sender
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Perth
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October 2002
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 02:55
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Here, here, here!
I've got same mods (internal Wally pump) and no prob's with fuel gauge.
Justin
PS: How's your tacho going?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 06:31
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| Celia-Sue wrote on Mon, 14 February 2005 10:55 |
PS: How's your tacho going?
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You fixed yours yet?
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Perth
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October 2002
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Mon, 14 February 2005 07:22
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Kinda - it reads up to 3600rpm and then winks out. I'm guessing that the tacho booster isn't boosting. I'm going to borrow another booster to test this theory.
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I supported Toymods
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September 2004
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:00
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What tacho 
The little indicator square lights up, but it doesn't move. I figured that I'd just get some after market tacho, cause i'd heard what a bitch it was to get the stock tacho working.
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:06
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| peeack wrote on Mon, 14 February 2005 11:59 |
I've got a MA61 that's had a 1j conversion, everything is cool except the fuel guage doesn't function properly. I'll fill the tank up full, the guage will show full untill I turn the car off. Then it will either show completely empty or one or two bars. From then on it's all over the shop untill I fill up again.
Any ideas how to fix it? Oh, it's got a walbro fuel pump and a malpassi FPR. Should I just get an aftermarket guage or something?
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maybe your 1j is just thirsty 
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:07
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| peeack wrote on Tue, 15 February 2005 12:30 |
What tacho
The little indicator square lights up, but it doesn't move. I figured that I'd just get some after market tacho, cause i'd heard what a bitch it was to get the stock tacho working.
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Whilst mine hasn't been tested with the engine running, it was a POP to install a sixworks tacho adapter, and it works as advertised on the test setting, so it isn;'t that hard if I can do it !!
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Location:
Perth
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October 2002
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:43
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Yeh, go the SIxworks tacho-booster. Either I got the one-in-a-million faulty unit, or (more likely) didn't wire it up properly.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:48
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| Celia-Sue wrote on Tue, 15 February 2005 10:43 |
Yeh, go the SIxworks tacho-booster. Either I got the one-in-a-million faulty unit, or (more likely) didn't wire it up properly.
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What does yours do when you run it through the test setting Justin?
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:53
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I dont get why everyone has to use a tacho booster?
mine is wired without a tacho booster running from the old coil w ignitor line
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:53
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Cos theirs is obviously different to yours! 
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 02:54
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Oh okay, where can I get one of those from and how much? I'd rather not have some wanky looking monster tacho if I can avoid it, even though I like analogue guages better.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 03:22
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well.. my 1g and mteu were the same arrangement
so i would have assumed the 5m would have been aswell
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I supported Toymods
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Re: MA61 + 1J + digital dash = confusing fuel guage.
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Tue, 15 February 2005 03:25
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Maybe your tacho can accept other signals? My dash works off coil voltage, and the 1G tacho signal is something altogether different.
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