LMC Fuel gauge any good?

[mavtricks71]

I have the usual dancing fuel gauge when I drive around. I heard the dampner on back of actual gauge worn out. Has anybody bought the after market direct replacement from LMC? Wondering if it's Chinese crap or any good. It's $49.99 or if it's even accurate.

 

[Tank6x2]

Go to the wreckers, but sounds like a grounding issue or a tank float.

 

[Charlie]

This is my experience with new LMC fuel gauge. Still using new gauge. I recently drilled 1 small hole just below the E and 1 small hole below the F to keep needle from falling from one side to the other when either near full or near empty. In this pic you can see the short small paper clip i placed thru the back and glued in place. I also painted them flat black and not easy to see. Read thru posts. I still have one new and both act same when key off.

https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/new-fuel-gauge-needle-falls-to-4-oclock-position.24714/

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[Best truck design]

Nicely done!

 

[lcfman]

There are several suppliers that sell the small fuel gauge. Does anyone know if all the gauges offered by different suppliers come from the same manufacturer? I suspect they do. I am getting ready to make a switch to a factory tach and will need the smaller fuel gauge for the conversion. I want to avoid a problem part as we all do. Lets hear from the members who have installed the repo small fuel gauge and what their result were.

 

[Frankenchevy]

I'm interested in this too. there are quite a few quality 2" to 2-1/16" fuel gauges that'll work. finding one that'll look enough like the other gauges is tricky.

 

[lcfman]

Come on guys there has to be a lot of members that have purchased these small fuel gauges. This is the beauty of this forum to share experiences with the other members.