Kane Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 how to install fuel tank sending unit? If anyone can help me i would appreciate it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Step 1 drain fuel tank step 2 place a jack with a piece of wood under the fuel tank putting pressure on the tank, undo the grounding wire for sending unit step 3 unbolt the fuel tank straps step 4 lower fuel tank pushing the jack forward to get the filler neck out unplug sender power wire step 5 remove lock ring and pull sender out step 6 install new sender and reconnect the power wire step 7 raise fuel tank back up and secure fuel tank straps and reconnect the ground step 8 refill gas tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan91 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Have the gas tank as empty as you can. Remove fuel tank vent lines (if your car has them) and fuel line. Remove ground wire bolt. Unbolt fuel tank straps lower tank. Remove power wire from sending unit. Use a screw driver and a hammer to remove retaining ring lift sending unit out of tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The easiest way I have found is hire mechanic to do it. No fuss, no mess and no ^&%$*( words used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The easiest way I have found is hire mechanic to do it. No fuss, no mess and no ^&%$*( words used. Â Hey wait! Us mechanics still use the ^&%$*( words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Originally Posted By: LEGHOME The easiest way I have found is hire mechanic to do it. No fuss, no mess and no ^&%$*( words used. Â Hey wait! Us mechanics still use the ^&%$*( words. Â As per my wife...that's another reason why I'm restoring an old car just to practice my ^&%$* words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Peice of cake i've done mine 3 times and used 4 sending units and the guage still dont work, im begining to think theres something else wrong but the dash unit checks out fine. I'll change that when I redo the dash. But its really not a real hard job unless the stuff is real rusty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 use a piece of brass to knock the seal back no chance of spark to ignite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thank Guys for the info it was a piece of cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71MonteCarloMD Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I replaced the unit on my 71 Monte last September as it was fun and quite easy - one important step that I missed was to connect the new fuel sending unit to the wires and move up/down the floater to make sure it's sending to gauge properly (if not, it could be unit, gauge or wiring that need to be looked at). To my luck, the new unit is working as it should after putting tank back in place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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