RE: Fuel gauge sender

["Mitch Wolberg" <rkane@domain.elided>]

Hi Simon,
I pulled the sender on my 69 Spider Jr. because the gasket was bad and 
letting fumes escape. I was told the only way to get a gasket was buy the 
sender, so it sounds like you got shorted. I tried different liquid gaskets 
but none of them could hold up to the gasoline fumes, so I finally found 
some 1/4"(?) cork gasket material and cut my own. The edges are a little 
rough but it works. I did have to make a diagonal cut on one side because it 
wouldn't fit over the float assembly in one piece. I also had trouble 
getting the sender back in the tank but that may have more to do with a 
repair right under the sender portion. Try not to bend the float arm 
otherwise you'll have to find a way to recalibrate. I'm afraid I wasn't 
careful enough on that one and ended up running out of gas with an eighth of 
a tank still showing. I kept wondering why it stopped going down until the 
engine stuttered and died. I still haven't gotten around to recalibrating it 
yet.
Mitch Wolberg & Family 
rkane@domain.elided 
69 Spider Jr.
>>Hi all, 
Finally got hold of a "new" fuel gauge sender for my 71 Spider and 
plan to install it this weekend. Can someone give me an overview of 
the process: can't be difficult can it??!! Also, is there a gasket 
between the sender and the tank? Does this automatically need 
replacing? Where would I get one? 
Cheers 
Simon.<<

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