MbogoRover
05-26-2011, 09:19 PM
Well at long last the correct fuel sender arrived from British Pacific to go with the new style rear fuel tank from Rovers North. This new sender has a locking ring and gasket instead of the small bolts that hold it in place but I am still at a loss ....
1) On top of the sender there are two electrical prongs - one has a green wire running from the underside of the round disk (that is the plate of the sender/drawtube unit) to the little "gauge" box mid-way down the length of the draw tube and I would presume is the ground? The other prong does not have anything going from it to the gauge unit yet there is a small hole in the side of the guage unit that looks like it should receive the red wire (as it was in the old sender/drawtube that I had to remove and can't use on this new fuel tank as it has the six little bolts to hold it down and it can't connect with this new style fuel tank). So what am I to do? Does this new style sender (British Pacific part # 623097 (though the one they sent me looks slightly different and has a square metal guage unit that the float connects to) not need both electrical connections ? I can't imagine that is the case but one would think if it did it would come installed with the part?
2) I am unsure how exactly to fit this new sender/drawtube with the gasket and locking ring to the fuel tank? Do I first lay in the gasket, then the sender/drawtube and lastly the locking ring to hold it all in place?
It seems to have taken forever to get the right parts (after I was sent the incorrect parts) so that I can finally get this new tank installed and see if that was in fact the problem I was having.
I realize for many of you these are silly questions but I am learning, and to my own amazement actually enjoying this learning process, but I am getting a bit frustrated now so would appreciate any help and/or direction your willing to share.
Thanks, as always, in advance.
Mbogo
1) On top of the sender there are two electrical prongs - one has a green wire running from the underside of the round disk (that is the plate of the sender/drawtube unit) to the little "gauge" box mid-way down the length of the draw tube and I would presume is the ground? The other prong does not have anything going from it to the gauge unit yet there is a small hole in the side of the guage unit that looks like it should receive the red wire (as it was in the old sender/drawtube that I had to remove and can't use on this new fuel tank as it has the six little bolts to hold it down and it can't connect with this new style fuel tank). So what am I to do? Does this new style sender (British Pacific part # 623097 (though the one they sent me looks slightly different and has a square metal guage unit that the float connects to) not need both electrical connections ? I can't imagine that is the case but one would think if it did it would come installed with the part?
2) I am unsure how exactly to fit this new sender/drawtube with the gasket and locking ring to the fuel tank? Do I first lay in the gasket, then the sender/drawtube and lastly the locking ring to hold it all in place?
It seems to have taken forever to get the right parts (after I was sent the incorrect parts) so that I can finally get this new tank installed and see if that was in fact the problem I was having.
I realize for many of you these are silly questions but I am learning, and to my own amazement actually enjoying this learning process, but I am getting a bit frustrated now so would appreciate any help and/or direction your willing to share.
Thanks, as always, in advance.
Mbogo