Fuel gauge 630

[55 50 Ron]

Was going to change to a new fuel gauge on a 630. Found the old gauge has 2 terminals and the new one (a genuine John Deere) has 3 terminals marked GND, IGN, and TANK. Did we get the wrong new gauge? This is just the dash gauge. Haven't done anything to the tank sending unit.

Might add that the old gauge worked, but wanted new gauges for an upcoming new paint job.

Thanks for your help.

 

[F-I-T]

Just finished looking at the fuel gauge Jerry Trcka of Evergreen Gauges is offering. You might want to call him after he gets home from the NY EXPO. Very nice reproduction, but you,ll need to update the fuel sender as well, but this one looks original. He can fix you old one, too.

 

[55 50 Ron]

I don't need an old one fixed. As I said, the old one works, we are just installing new to match an upcoming new paint job.

 

[F-I-T]

But he "restores" old ones to look like new, or sells new ones that look like the originals. The one you get from Deere today will look nothing like original. Whatever. Do what you like.

 

[WeirdDeere]

Nothing seems wrong with your description of the new gauge. The extra terminal is for a ground, which the original gauges sometimes need anyway.

However, your new gauge probably won't work with your old sender. Not completely sure, but from what I've seen, the new stuff that Deere sells does not work on the same resistance range as the old ones. (original senders were 0-30 ohms, I think the new ones are 0-120??) It just will not work properly.

You could try it and find out, I could be very wrong.

Yes, I also have another shameless plug for the Evergreen Restoration gauges. I'm very happy with his products, including the fuel gauges.

Brandon

 

[55 50 Ron]

Thank you.