There is a tab in the sending unit housing thhat aligns up with a hole on
the tank.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Griffiths" <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
To: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>; <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel tank sending unit.
>
> Just took my spare unit apart and made the following observations.
> Facing the gas tank, from the rear of the car, in other words looking into
the
> trunk
>
> 1. The two electrical connections form a line at about the 10 to 11
oclock
> position. (ie 10:30)
>
> Still looking at it from the rear,
> 2. The float swings to the right of the sender unit
>
> Cheers, Fred
>
> John Weber wrote:
>
> > Pray tell, how do you tell that it is upside down? My sender unit arm
> > points off to the right of the car...
> >
> > John
> > '75 Spit
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Luke Lewis
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 3:14 PM
> > To: Spitfire List
> > Subject: Re: Fuel tank sending unit.
> >
> > > >Does anyone know the Ohm Range for a Fuel Tank sending unit in a 1963
> > Spit
> > > >Mk1?
> > > >
> > > >What resistance is Empty? Full?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I measure my sender before it was installed. The value ranges from
> > > 20 - 260 ohms, but I didn't note down which value is for full and
> > > empty. However since the new sender was put into my car it does
> > > not register full only about 7/8 after a fill up.
> >
> > Here's an interesting story about sending units... When my car was still
in
> > pieces in my barn, but I'd finally gotten it to run, I put gas into
it...
> > about ten bucks' worth, which half fills it here in Canada.
> > So I was running it around the farm when I was bored (The bonnet and
> > everything else ahead of the rad were still off the car at this point
:-) )
> > an dI noticed that the gas gauge kept reading HIGHER.
> > Disassembly proved that the sending unit had been installed UPSIDE DOWN!
> >
> > Has anyone else ever seen this? Could it possibly have been this way
since
> > the car was new? (It had been stored since 1986 when I got it) The
lock
> > ring was pristine...
> >
> > Luke
> > '71 MkIV
>
>
>
> --
> Fred & Wendy Griffiths,
> Calgary, Canada
> http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
> mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
>
>
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