Gas gauge not working? I think I fixed it.

A final follow up. This circuit is working perfectly. For how long, I have no way of knowing.
Many years ago, I was working at a very top secrete government installation. There was some higher up guy from either the Department of Defense or dept of energy grilling me on the cause of the failure of the piece of equipment.
I finally got fed up with this guy when he demanded to know why an SCR (the size of a hockey puck) failed exactly when it did.
I looked him square in the eye and told him, "God in his wisdom, looked down at the SCR and said 'You are going to die'".

I truly do not remember the ramifications of my explanation, except I was briskly escorted off that military base.