putting a new tank in, already have a new sender that has been in for a while.

the gauge would never register more than about 3/4 full, when i filled the tank. it measured past empty when i had 4-5 gallons in it.

with the sender out, i found that at the lowest point of travel it went beyond empty, and at the highest point, a little beyond full. so the gauge works fine.

so what i did was mark where the sender was at 3/4 on the gauge, and then move it up to full, and bend the float down closer to that point. but at that point, the float hits the filter, and does not go down all the way. i assume this is fine, as it probably didn't go down all the way to the stop to register empty anyway, witness my 4 or so gallons and the gauge being past empty.

does that sound right? or does anyone have any other suggestions about adjusting this correctly?