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Hello all, thank you everyone for all your posts regarding the known fuel gauge issue with the early VROD’s, in particular their ability to indicate less fuel than indicated by up to half a tank. I’m sure every early VROD rider resets the odometer every time they fill up the fuel tank to counter this issue, and like me stops every 100 miles to refill the tank and stretch the legs.
To combat this problem I have cleaned the resistance strip and float contacts about 5 times over the past 5 years and even inverted the float mechanism, but the gauge always read incorrectly.
I approached HD Perth to buy another resistance sender unit or complete fuel module assembly and have been told HD cannot help as the part is not manufactured anymore and HD cannot recommend any solutions to fix the problem. E bay wants $800 AUD for a second hand fuel module assembly, so I decided it was time to put on my engineering hat and have a crack and fix the problem.
Below is my attempt to fix the solution for around $50 AUD and around an hour’s work. I installed my unit on 30 Oct 2019, and so far after 3 test rides near Perth Western Australia I have not had an issue.
At 103.1 Miles when the gauge was close to the E mark, the tank took 10.39L in the standard 12L tank, so I had roughly 1.6 Litres left Cheers Bernie.
To combat this problem I have cleaned the resistance strip and float contacts about 5 times over the past 5 years and even inverted the float mechanism, but the gauge always read incorrectly.
I approached HD Perth to buy another resistance sender unit or complete fuel module assembly and have been told HD cannot help as the part is not manufactured anymore and HD cannot recommend any solutions to fix the problem. E bay wants $800 AUD for a second hand fuel module assembly, so I decided it was time to put on my engineering hat and have a crack and fix the problem.
Below is my attempt to fix the solution for around $50 AUD and around an hour’s work. I installed my unit on 30 Oct 2019, and so far after 3 test rides near Perth Western Australia I have not had an issue.
At 103.1 Miles when the gauge was close to the E mark, the tank took 10.39L in the standard 12L tank, so I had roughly 1.6 Litres left Cheers Bernie.
