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    Mixed Wires & Super Dash

    May 14, 2019 4 minutes
    by Jon Chabot

    Fuel Gauge

    have a ’72 Beetle and the fuel gauge stopped working. I replaced the gauge and, well, nothing. So, I replaced the sending unit. Nothing. I replaced the vibrator. Nothing. I replaced the sending unit again and the gauge would barely get out of the red. I did notice that the sending unit was delivered with nylon washers, but the old unit had a metal washer. On the second attempt, I used the metal washer. Since none of that worked, I went with an aftermarket VDO gauge that was compatible to my new sending unit and now it seems to work. I would rather have

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