Re: Vibrating Fuel Gauge - WTF?

Hi!

> Is there an obvious cause here?

I would start by looking for bad connections, especially anything to do
with
grounding. It's also possible that the sending unit in the tank is bad.
I've
got a '94 C1500 whose fuel gauge went completely bonkers one day (it was
reading beyond the scale and moving all over the place like crazy with the
truck sitting still and the key on). Replacing the sender fixed it.

> Is the truck about to be sucked into outer space by a UFO.

Only if you hear a lot of vacuuming sounds or see strange lights.

> Can I fix it affordably? or do I just live with it?

If it's a wiring problem, you only spend your time (and maybe temper, if
it's hard to find) on it. Sometimes the sender is part of the fuel pump,
so
you may have to get one of those and that will cost some money. But the
real
fun is dropping the tank, which you'll probably have to do since you have
a
Tahoe. I undid all the bed bolts on the truck and lifted the bed right off
with a tractor. From there I could straddle a frame rail and work on the
problem easily. I don't think the body would come off of a Tahoe so
easily.

William