[blykins]

When I measure across the resistor by itself (one lead on one side of the resistor, one lead on the opposite side), it shows approximately 192-193 ohms depending on how close I can get the leads to the very edge.

Now with that being said, I can put the ohmmeter across the sender post and the ground post at the top of the flange.....then take the wiper arm, position it down in its little pivot point and manually twist it with my fingers while measuring resistance across the two posts.

I can get it down to about 1-2 ohms on the low side.....then back up to about 194 ohms on the high side.

So I guess this is sufficient since it covers the range. I don't know why it wouldn't do this for me before.....maybe I wasn't holding my tongue right.....

My next step is hopefully just plugging it up to the gauge and positioning the float arm (it's adjustable on a rod) to where the gauge says full and empty at the correct places.