Smith Guages With Ford Sierra Senders

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Do I need to fit the voltage stabiliser to the clocks to reduce the volts from 12 to 10 volts ?

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Yes

[Dave Ed]

Do the water temp and fuel senders need changing for the different gauges

[Guest 2b cruising]

GBS just refitted my dash.

The fuel works backwards.

They are sending me another programmed fuel guage.

Make sure you get the right one for your sender unit.

[Snapperpaul]

The standard sender supplied by Robin Hood runs backwards first mod is to unsolder the wire from one end of the rheostat and solder back to the other end, this corrects the signal so gauge reads the right way but range is still wrong, next move is to use the range corrected from CBS

In all honesty buying the correct sender is probably cheaper but bolt holes in the tank and fuel pipes was an issue for me

 

Fuel ohms

US 240 empty 33 full

 

Euro 10 empty 180 full

 

US GM 0 90

 

US Ford 0 73

 

Cortina 73 10 not substantiate

 

Kit Car gauge has been reversed but show ¼ when empty and 3/4 when full so assume gauge is euro 10-180 and sender is now 33-240

Edited July 19, 2015 by Snapperpaul

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Thanks

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

When I put my multi meter across b and I terminals on the stabiliser it reads 12 v should it not be less ?

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

I tried putting the voltage stablizer on and the gauge reads nothing ? Will only work with 12 v

[Grim]

is this the original old smiths voltage stabiliser? if so, they are a little crude. It's based on a bimetallic strip, which is heated and cuts power momentarily, to give an average of 10v over time, eg 5 seconds of 12v and 1 second of 0v. This works fine with the standard smiths gauges as they are that slow to react, it doesn't bother them. Personally i got a 10v transistor based voltage regulator off ebay for £8 and used that instead.