I'm going to attempt to change the fuel sender gasket this weekend, as the car gets very fumey with a full tank.
The question I want to ask.................my gauge is pretty accurate apart from the fact that it wobbles a lot. When it's full it stays on full, but when it hits about half it starts to go haywire and wave all around the place.
Is there anything simple I can do to the sender whilst it's out to fix this?
Mine does the same Cal. Don't know how to stop it.
When you pull the sender check for holes in the top of the tank, especially under the sender. As you know mine had a few, which I fixed with kneedit. No more fuel smell.
Speed and Style........... One day I'll get the speed bit.
Courtesy (in part) of another forum.
Maybe worth a go.
After a good clean up around the sender cover remove it then scrape the sender outer cover clean and vacuum the dirt and rust away (remembering that any crap can fall straight into the inside of the tank once the sender is removed).
Once removed, drill out the brass rivets on the underside of the sender to access the guts that do the work.
Very carefully clean the coil of copper wire with Brasso and a soft cloth for a good contact.
Use wet 'n' dry 1200 grit on the contact then polish, also slightly bend the contact point up for a good contact when assembled. Clean (wire brush) the sender housing for a good earth contact to the tank.
If the cork gasket is dry, make one using a sheet of fine rubber but even gasket paper will do.
Re-assemble the sender and re-rivet the two bits back together & make sure you use sealed rivets.
Make sure all the contact nuts and bolts have been cleaned for a good contact & re-assemble.
The only reason for time is so everything dosen't happen at once.
If Macca's home delivered there'd be one less drunk on the road.
Blue ute, my mechanical talent runs out when you reach the line ........Once removed, drill out the brass rivets on the underside of the sender
I've changed the gasket. There was a fair bit of rust there, though it looked like surface rust, so the sender unit itself (hopefully) won't have any holes. There were what looked like 2 gaskets there, much thinner than the cork one I put in. Oddly enough they didn't look too bad, apart from cracks near the screw holes
I'll wait till the next time I fill it up to see how succesful I've been
