Gas gauge 74 Duster help

How can I tell if it’s the gage or the sender that Is bad, I plan to replace the stock gauge with an Autometer gauge.

You can easily test the gauge with substitute test resistors, which mimic the factory test instrument. All it was ..........was a 3 position switchbox with "full" "half" and "MT" resistors inside

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You can do basically the same thing with the sender..............You will have to determine your tank capacity, and use a decent ohmeter to measure the sender resistance when empty, 1/2, and full. The readings should be close to the tester pictured

The other problem is wheter the autometer gauge actually "will work" with a factory sender even if the sender is "OEM accurate"