Those of you who were at Carlisle remember -- perhaps? -- that I went the whole weekend on a single tank of fuel? No? Truth is, in addition to adding 7.5 quarts of oil, I also fueled up twice.
Stupid floats.
So. There I was, minding my own business in the shop when suddenly, out of nowhere, my fuel tank sending unit appeared in my hand. Then, as if by magic, my screwdriver made a bunch of circles and gyrations the sending unit came apart.
Then, again as if by magic, the little float guy fell out of the tube into my other hand, revealing itself to have been built by a nimrod. A coupe seconds on the old belt sander ... and it floated freely up and down the tube like it was supposed to from the plant.
Lessons learned: take crap apart before you install it, take off the rough edges and put it back together and test it. Full range was 0-90 ohms, just like it was advertised to read.
BTW, if you do get a sending unit to go into a JAZ cell, for use with an AutoMeter gauge, there's a series of pickups and a magnetic strip up one side of a waferboard, and the other side is baby's butt smooth. The magnet that's supposed to be inside the float may come loose. Use a steel .001 feeler gauge and taco the magnet into it, trim appropriately and wedge it back into the float.
Presto-chango; no more float problems.
Thought y'all'd like to know. Next stop, tank straps. The old ones have been removed to let the tank breathe a little and relax the dimple out of it.
I'm driving the car anyway, 'cuz I'm a little off.
WOO-HOO!
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