what fuse will kill power to the fuel level sending unit?

[v8venomgt]

i need to kill power to the gas gauge. does anyone know what fuse i can pull to effectively disable my fuel gauge or fuel level sending unit? also, other than not knowing how much gas there is persey are there any adverse effects to this? i only need to drive a short distance like this. once plugged back in, will i need to do a reset of some form or will everything level out so to speak?

 

[skwerl]

There are only about 4 useful pages in the owner's manual but one of them has this information.

 

[v8venomgt]

There are only about 4 useful pages in the owner's manual but one of them has this information.

and if i didnt have the owners manual...

 

[joedls]

http://s197forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11089&postcount=23

 

[JeremyH]

Its not a fused power circuit. Its just data read via the resistance of the circuit by the pcm. What are you trying to do?

 

[v8venomgt]

http://s197forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11089&postcount=23

thank you! i didnt quite find what i was looking for though. i need the car to run/drive in a parking lot low speed type of situation so id imagine i wouldnt want to pull the fuel pump relay. perhaps just the gauge cluster if possible?

 

[JeremyH]

What is the issue that sender circuit needs to be disconnected?

 

[v8venomgt]

not an issue persey. the car will be in a large indoor autoshow. when i put the car up for storage i didnt think id be a part of it. now that ive been invited i was told that the car needs an 1/8th tank of gas or lower, meanwhile it has a full tank. i dont have a tool to siphon it out, im not looking to drop the tank, and id really hate to let it idle for hours.

 

[AndrewNagle]

not an issue persey. the car will be in a large indoor autoshow. when i put the car up for storage i didnt think id be a part of it. now that ive been invited i was told that the car needs an 1/8th tank of gas or lower, meanwhile it has a full tank. i dont have a tool to siphon it out, im not looking to drop the tank, and id really hate to let it idle for hours.

Time for a road trip come down to nc and drive the dragon

 

[skwerl]

If he does that then he'll get it dirty.

 

[Wes06]

could try disconnecting the fuel line from the rail, and put it into a bucket and key on/off so the pump keeps priming and eventually empties? hah

 

[v8venomgt]

Time for a road trip come down to nc and drive the dragon

Ha OK

If he does that then he'll get it dirty.

Do you have a problem with me of some sort?

 

[skwerl]

Not at all, Matt. Just trying to be funny. No offense intended.

 

[v8venomgt]

Not at all, Matt. Just trying to be funny. No offense intended.

We are all good friendly ball busting is hard to read via text at times. I thought I was getting the new treatment after all of these years haha.

 

[BadHabit2Break]

could try disconnecting the fuel line from the rail, and put it into a bucket and key on/off so the pump keeps priming and eventually empties? hah

This will do it. Probably wont take long either.

 

[Wes06]

You'll need a couple buckets if the tank is full.

And "oh no he may get it dirty{/sarcasm}"

There. Easier to read

 

[JeremyH]

Drive it there and disconnect the plug from the hat.

 

[claudermilk]

and if i didnt have the owners manual...

Hit Ford's website. You can get digital copies of your manual. I have one for each of my cars.

If he does that then he'll get it dirty.

I have to say, I started looking back up the thread after reading this. I thought I missed a Darren post somewhere.

 

[lito]

The senders go to the SJB.

You can drain it easily with a special tune for that.

 

[v8venomgt]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'm assuming it isn't just as feasible to kill power to the gauge cluster? Monitoring speed/rpm won't be important in this scenario.