Actually for me, the clunking of the float in an almost-empty tank serves as an audible backup gas gauge :-)
It is very possible that handing the sander unit during removal and reinstallation was the straw that broke the camel's back, and it is truly busted inside the electrical part. Doug --- Jim Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes the low-tech solution is the right one. > > I took the fule sender out of the Spitfire's tank > the other day. My > mirror wouldn't fit into the hole but from what I > could see and from > poking around inside with a wire I concluded there > was nothing loose > in the tank. Can't say I like sticking my face into > an open tank of > highly combustible fluid, but I did wait for a damp, > overcast day to > do this so as to avoid ESD that might send me to > kingdom-come. I > observed that the float has a bit of gas in it, > which explains why > the guage has been reading low. I also observed > that a rubber > grommet/seal-like loop thingy was dangling loose > from the arm. There > appeared to be nothing for it to seal. So I guessed > that it was a > bumper-stop to prevent the float from banging, and > that it should > have been stretched around the center of the float. > So I moved it > there, then later looked it up in a catalogue to > find pictures which > show the float with a collar around the center. > Aha! > > Today's drive to work had no clunking! > > Of course, the guage didn't work at all today. > Maybe when I put the > sender back in I got it stuck on the pickup tube. > Or maybe the > internals decided to break. I believe it is wired > correctly, but > (though I don't have a diagram in front of me just > now) I don't think > it should make any difference. > > So, is there any collective experience to indicate > that the sender > could just go bad? I could drain and seal the > float, but if the non- > functional guage is not my re-assembly error then > perhaps I should > just order a new sender. > > [All missppellinnggs in this note are intentional. > I just can't > tpye.] > > Jim Muller > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.8/1064 - > Release Date: 10/11/2007 3:09 PM > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
