Problem with gauges

[tracstarman]

My fuel gauge stays at 3/4 full, and my temp gauge doesn't move from far left.

What steps should I take to troubleshoot?

 

[jwease]

What a coincidence. My CK20's fuel gauge seems to be stuck at between 3/4 and full but the tank is well below half. I haven't noticed a problem with the temp gauge. I need suggestions to diagnose this problem.

 

[gravel13]

I think that others had this problem and they wound up re-bending the float arm I believe. If you do a search I'm sure you will come a cross it. Someone even posted before and after pics. As for the gauge....what model tractor do you have and how many hours? I'm sure one of the dealers on here will chime in with some help.

 

[tracstarman]

I found this: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/70603-ck30-fuel-gauge-repaired.html

I will mess with the sending unit and see if that is the issue.

I am on a DK35 with 900+ hours... I am not sure if the temp sending unit is on top of the motor, or on the port side.

Should I be checking resistance of the sending unit, and grounding out the gauge, etc..? Standard troubleshooting procedures for temp gauge?

 

[TractorLegend]

Most temp guages if you ground the single wire going to the sender unit the guage will swing to full hot, which indicates the guage and wiring are working.
If that worked then either the sender is bad or its doing its job if the engine temp is cold.

Worked on a 98 Explorer today whose guage was stuck on dead cold.
The system was indeed warm at ~138 degrees on an infrared thermometer.
I first thought the sender or guage must be bad since there is "some" heat and no reading whatsoever. I took out the thermostat to find it was broken apart. Replacement of thermostat and rechecking showed temp up to normal. Not a tractor, but same principle.

Fuel guages normally work the same where you'd remove sender signal wire, ground it and guage would swing to full. If it does I'd say you have a bad/ miscalibrated sender unit.