So replacing my fuel sender didn't fix my gauge even though the VIN fell in the sender-only range of the TSB.
I have looked at the cluster and dash wires before for anything burnt and never found anything. It never occurred to me to look at the BACK of circuit board though so I pulled out the cluster and looked at the back of it and low and behold (bottom of the board)...
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After years of this bugging me I finally found it.
New inductor soldered on where it burned out and it works again!! (hard to see)
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Elocker housing, rusty but trusty! Ya gotta love scalers, they are a huge time saver. I think I gave $20 bucks for the thing a few years ago at a Northern Black Friday sale and it just keeps on working.
The housing survived the scaler test and proves to be in better condition than I anticipated. I still have much for work to do on it. I have no plans for use as of right now but I thought I would clean it up for paint in case I end up selling it or throwing it in another 3rd Gen down the road.
Yeah, a needle scaler is awesome. One of those tools not everyone is familiar with but when you have rusty frames and such and use one you say ' Wow, wish I had known about this years ago.' The Harbor Freight one is about $25 and works great for occasional use.