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    Apr 27, 2021 3 minutes
    By Jim O’Clair

    FUEL ISSUE GAUGE WITH 6-VOLT

    :I am the proud owner of a 1950 Oldsmobile hot rod. The gas gauge in what we both know is a 6-volt car acts erratically. The car was converted to 12 volts several years ago, but the gas gauge is believed to still be 6-volt. When the fuel tank is half full, the gauge reads way beyond the full mark. When the gauge is at half, the engine runs out of gas. Could it be that the 12-volt system and a 6-volt gauge are at

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