fuel tank sender unit

[honourablepickle]

the fuel guage is dead on this thing i've just taken in part ex against my much loved v8s
please tell me the sender is easy to change !

[rev-erend]

It's not that difficult to remove.

David Gerald has or had the sealing ring (steel) and rubber seals..
but we don't know of any suppliers of the sender..

There was a thread on here a while back where someone fixed a sender with copper wire from another sender - obtained from a breakers..

[badredwedge]

rev-erend said:

It's not that difficult to remove.

David Gerald has or had the sealing ring (steel) and rubber seals..
but we don't know of any suppliers of the sender..

There was a thread on here a while back where someone fixed a sender with copper wire from another sender - obtained from a breakers..

That would be me then, tried all over for a new sender but no joy so did a rewind with the wire from a mini sender unit works OK now, not perfect but OK.

Are you sure its the sender unit ??
Which kind is it ?? the ring fitting one or the one with the 6/8 bolt fixing ??

HP do you love it yet ??

Edited by badredwedge on Tuesday 15th August 13:23

[honourablepickle]

i will have a look at the sender and see what type it is
do i love it yet ?
i might do once i fix the knackered steering and the fuel guage and pile of other little ods and sods
just found out that getting new steering joints and bulkhead bearing etc is not as simple as it seemed

[jchase]

Steering bulk head bearings are easy to get hold of - the early TR7 one is available in Superflex, the SD1 version from rimmers, the ford one from various ford places. NF auto sell brand new steering UJs for under 30 squids.

-Jim

[adam quantrill]

Check the resistance of the sender first - it might be the guage.

I have found on mine 200 ohms is about empty, and 60 ohms is full.

[toltec]

You can also replace the bulkhead bearing as detailed on the tvrwedgepages.

This worked OK on our 350 evn though it had a height adjustable column with a triangular cross-section shaft (Ford I think). The vertices of the shaft are rounded and the grub screws on the bearing are nicely placed at 120 degrees to clamp up onto two of them. The height adjustment still works as we put 0.4mm thick washers between the faces of the clamp plates which allows the bearing outer to swivel in the clamps while still holding it tight enough.

[TreVoR Cheddar]

My fuel gauge has never worked and I don't want to mess with things near the fuel tank.

I find small post-it notes with the last three digits of the mileometer stuck up above the gauge and then re-filling after about 150 miles after the number has always been ok for me

Paul

[leorest]

TreVoR Cheddar said:

...I find small post-it notes with the last three digits of the mileometer stuck up above the gauge...

Dont they blow away

[honourablepickle]

post it notes ?
if you had seen the state of my desk in work you would understand that post it notes are not an option

[TreVoR Cheddar]

leorest said:

TreVoR Cheddar said:

...I find small post-it notes with the last three digits of the mileometer stuck up above the gauge...

Dont they blow away

Occasionally, depending on how heavy my foot is feeling

However, my fuel gauge is to the right of the steering wheel so I can't really see the guage anyway

Paul