r3dplanet

Okay, good to know. I just ordered a new sending unit. I'll report back.

For years I've been happily driving my '95 Pathfinder SE as my daily driver / work truck. But as I'm a mobile technician and my Pathy gets lousy mileage I'm always stopping for gas. The fuel gauge when full reads 3/4 of a tank. When empty it fills with 15.5 gallons. Only recently did I read in the service manual that it has a 20.5 gallon tank. This means that when the gauge shows empty I still have five gallons left. WTF? What on earth can I do to rectify this? Is it a problem with the electronics or perhaps the sender inside the tank itself? I've searched and found that many others complain that the gauge never reads full, but nothing beyond that. Has anyone ever experienced / rectified this? Thanks.

Oh, how very, very pleasing. I went with the spacer method and now I actually have a working horn and cruise control. Thanks so much for chiming in, everyone! -marcus

I've repeatedly torn apart my steering wheel assembly to clean out the contacts, spiral ring, etc., in an attempt to make my horn and cruise control work. I'm pretty sure that the problem is that the three copper ~4.5mm horn "brushes" are simply worn too far down. I haven't been able to find a part number or replacements. Does anyone have any clever ideas? Thanks, Marcus