Jim, The sender foes into the tank a little below the centerline of the tank, not the top. So the tank needs to be brought well below the half full mark before removing the sender unit.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Muller Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:29 PM To: spitfires@autox.team.net Subject: Re: [Spits] Gas guage Grant Buss wrote: > I have a slight problem with my gas gauge. It reads a 1/4 tank off. Doug Braun replied: > Either way, you have to remove the old sender, so > start driving around until the tank is mostly empty... Doug, I don't quite follow this logic. Unless a tank is completely void of all gas *and all gas fumes* an empty tank is as dangerous as one with fuel in it. The sender goes into the top so it can be removed without draining the tank regardless of how much gas the tank contains. Grant, I would suggest that before you pull the sender you should clean all the pertinent electrical connections, especially the one that goes to the sender. If it still reads the same way then maybe it's the float on the sender. -- Jim Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/882 - Release Date: 6/30/2007 3:10 PM _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires