SMT HAS FUEL FLOW PROB ON DEP; MISSES HDG CHANGE ON SID.

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TKOF BAD WX -- HIGH WINDS; RAIN; LOW VISIBILITY; LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR. GIVEN SID FOR DEP WHICH CALLS FOR R- HAND TURN. AFTER TKOF; GEAR UP; LOTS OF RAIN AND BAD TURB; WIND SHEAR. LOST FUEL FLOW INDICATION ON L ENG. WENT FROM 36 GPH TO 10 GPH. ACFT EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL FUEL FLOW DEVICE. PER SYS TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE ORIGINAL FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE IS REMOVED FROM ACFT. EVIDENTLY DUE TO MY CONCERN OVER POSSIBLE PROBS WITH L ENG AND BAD WX; DID NOT EXECUTE R TURN ACCORDING TO SID SOON ENOUGH. WHEN ASKED TO TURN R TO 220 DEG HDG BY NEW YORK DEP; COMPLIED IMMEDIATELY. PROB WAS LOOSE OR BROKEN WIRE AT FUEL TRANSDUCER AND WAS ABLE TO FLY L ENG BY MATCHING POS OF MIXTURE CTLS AND EGT INDICATIONS. TOOK A MIN OR 2 TO COPE WITH PROB AND REALIZE THAT ENG WAS RUNNING OK. CTLR WAS VERY RUDE; STARTED QUESTIONING ME IN THE AIR. DIDN'T I KNOW WHAT A SID WAS; ETC. ALL THIS WHILE I WAS FLYING IN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE WX; POUNDING RAIN; HVY TURB TRYING TO FIGURE OUT L ENG PROBS. OF COURSE WHEN L FUEL FLOW WENT CRAZY; I WAS SURE THE L ENG WAS RUNNING ROUGH (IT WASN'T). I WAS ABLE TO FLY HOME AND FIX PROB THE NEXT DAY. MORAL: THESE THINGS SOMETIMES HAPPEN. I WAS EXTREMELY BUSY AND CONCERNED; A LITTLE COURTESY AND UNDERSTANDING WOULD HELP. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK. YOU HAVE TO FLY FIRST.