fuel level sender

[neandethal]

Does anybody have a working fuel level sender, mine doesnt seem to work using the test method in the manual.

Is it possible to repair? is it normally a broken wire or does the thermistor cook itself, cant believe the price of these things.

i see that the suzuki sv650 uses the same system and second hand these parts are very reasonable and might be modifyable, anybody tried?

any help gratefully received, regards, Ian.

[re5norway]

I have repared mine some years ago. The prinsiple is the same for all bikes with a single fuel lamp without a fuel gauge. It is based upon fuel cooling a NTC resistor. On a working unit I have measured the dry resistanse to be about 2 kohm, but I did not try to buy a single resistor. I bought a complete unit for a 1993 GSX-750, and used the complete resistor arrangement from that. It should be possible to use any spare parts from a bike with the same principle, which I know is used both on Kawasakis and Yamahas.
Regards Gunnar

[Al Corelli]

Just sealed one up.
Now it leaks from the bolt holes.

UGH.
Have to find some flat sealing washers.

It truly never ends..

And I LOVE it!

[neandethal]

thanks for the update will look for a modern replacement