Fuel tank sender

[Glynn]

Hi all is there an easy way to get access to the fuel tank sender in the fuel tank?

Or do I have to drop the fuel tank?

 

My sugga is in a very small garage and getting at the back is not easy.

I tried removing the instrument panel with the power on

(bad idea as it shorted on the isolator switch and now the fuel gauge reads full all the time)

 

Thanks

[Costin Moga]

I have cut a large hole just above the sender in the panel. The spare wheel won't mind...

Or drop the fuel tank.

 

By the way, I had to mount a new sender and a new gauge, as the old ones were in very poor non-working condition, far beyond repair. Is there any way to make the old gauge read what the sender says, in other words is there a new sender available on the market matching the original gauge ?

[Glynn]

Hi costin

Do you have drawings of position of the hole?

[Costin Moga]

Nope.  But I made it large 20x20 cm. You can take the spare wheel out and cut. Positioning of the cut is not precise.

[KristianEriksson]

There is a original access to the top of the tank where you loosen and tighten the fuel pipes. Other wise its really easy to dropp the tank. Remember the tank drops with the tank shield.... And dont färger to loosen the signal cable and fel pipes If you drop.

[KristianEriksson]

Forget

[Glynn]

Thanks all, I removed the spare wheel and there is the sender.

Cleaned the contacts and now it works again.

 

For information there is a float inside the tank with an arm which turns a gear inside the tank this then turns a shaft coming through the top of the tank. Outside the tank under a metal cover is a variable resistor