No more gas needle bounce. Good or bad?

Sounds like you just got a better quality unit that isn't as sensitive.  Good stuff if ya ask me.

The needle in my IM's gas gauge doesn't bounce.  It does move around a bit, but all-in-all it's the most accurate dash gauge I have.  Speedo, tach and oil temp gauges are crap.

Ron, did you get new gauges on the rebuild? Mine are working great.  The speedo is spot on.

Could your mechanic have put in a tube-type sender?  I've heard they fluctuate much less than the "bobber on a coathanger" style that's in most vws.

Marty, I made the mistake of having my old 914 gauges refurbished at North Hollywood.  The gauges look great, but the tach is off 250 rpm and my oil temperature gauge is off 30 degrees and the gauge lighting is so poor I can't read a thing while driving at night. I should have gone with new gauges.

Ted, pretty sure it is the same coat-hanger style.  I need to put on a few more miles to see what happens with the needle after the tank empties more.

while we're on the subject - do anyone know why a guage would read opposite? (full when empty and empty when the tank is full)

is it just a simple switch the wires on the sender?

my gauge bounces all over the place (distracting)

plus my tank is too small / engine too big.  i'm filling up every 110kms

thank you for letting me rant.

simple...your dyslexic

You've got the wrong sender for your gauge. Your sender could be 0-30 ohm (empty-full), 10-70, 73-10, 0-90, 90-0, 10-180, 240-33, etc. Need to find out what your gauge needs and match it.

Swapping wires will do nothing different.

Ron-

Send 'em back this winter. Harmut should make it right.

That's my plan.