Fuel sender location

Fuel sender location

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griffter

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3,987 posts

256 months

Monday 1st December 2003
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I have a thing which looks like a fuel sender bolted into the left hand side of my fuel tank about halfway down ('92 4.3). I know the S series cars had side-mounted senders, but thought (from the bible) that all Griffs had them on the top right. Seems strange to 'vary' the fabrication of a fuel tank - anyone else seen/got one here?

jigs

1,840 posts

251 months

Monday 1st December 2003
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Sure it's not an earth point?

griffter

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3,987 posts

256 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
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Yes - there's a circular plate bolted to the tank with 6 (I think) nuts or bolts (didn't look that closely), and two wires connected to spade terminals on the plate - black and green/black from memory.
what I haven't done is check whether there's anything on the top right of the tank - but I can't feel anything under the carpet.
I could pull one of the connections off and watch the fuel guage if only the battery was connected and the ECU was in the car...

jam1et

1,536 posts

253 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
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Must be the sender surely? Looked in the bible last night and yes it does mention the top right as the usual location. But if you cant feel it there, then it must be side mounted. From your description it sounds just like the sender on an S. My bro-law had an S2 and I remember seeing it when he had the tank out.

shpub

8,507 posts

273 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
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Ther was a tank design change early on when the orginal tanks started to boing a bit (techie term for flexing) and new baffles had to be fitted. I am wondering if the new tank with baffles then caused the sender position to be moved.

Strange but nothing tends to surprise me with TVR's these days

griffter

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3,987 posts

256 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
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I'm certainly baffled