Mike Lishego wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> My MGB has developed a little 'leak' from it's gas tank. As far as I
> can discern, it's leaking from around the sending unit. Why is it doing
> this? Well, I got the car a full tank of gas for the first time recently.
> My guess is the old seal dried out over time, and with the addition of
> gasoline, I get a puddle. (Not safe OR fun!)
> So, how does that unit come out of the gas tank? I can't see any screws
> or bolts holding it in, and I guess it simply twists out? But I don't want
> to attack it until I know exactly hot that sucker comes out...Thanks again
> for the advice!!!
Mike - raise the right rear corner of the car, you can remove the sender with
quite a lot of fuel in the tank that way. You will probably find that the
sender
is held in with a locking ring with three tapered flanges, gently tap the three
flanges in turn, in an anti-clockwise direction to remove the ring. Make you
you
distinguish between the three tapered flanges on the ring and the corresponding
three plain retainers in the tank. The latter do not turn. Be prepared to
have
to fit a new locking ring and rubber gasket - which fits between sender and
tank.
PaulH.
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