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Retro fitting fuel sender
Dangle_kt - 3/4/10 at 02:05 PM

Hi,

I dont fancy drilling my tank now its full of fuel vapours etc... but not having a fuel gauge is a bit of a pain! Seriously considering taking a jerry can everywhere with me

So folks - how can a fuel sender be retro fitted? are there any ways that avoid drilling it?

cheers

RichardK - 3/4/10 at 02:08 PM

Should be ok drilling, just take it nice and slow. Is it ali, steel or plastic?

Cheers

Rich

Dangle_kt - 3/4/10 at 02:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Should be ok drilling, just take it nice and slow. Is it ali, steel or plastic?

Cheers

Rich


Alu

RichardK - 3/4/10 at 02:46 PM

I wouldn't worry, just nice and slow, chain drilling with a nice, small bit would take longer but wouldn't generate as much heat if any, that's if your drills are nice and sharp.

Cheers

Rich

Canada EH! - 3/4/10 at 03:10 PM

If you are really concerned, an old trick is to run the exhaust from a vehicle in to the tank while you do the work, dilutes the explosive gases.

Paul TigerB6 - 3/4/10 at 03:10 PM

You could also use an air drill or hand drill to keep electrickery out of the equation

blakep82 - 3/4/10 at 07:00 PM

should be fine i'd say.

what i'm planning on doing, is not having a gauge, but you can get optical liquid sensors from RS, one or two of those near the bottom of the tank will light a LED on the dash to show fuel's getting low.

think this was the one

i bought a 2nd hand fuel tank. it smells of something, not really petrol though. weird. but the first thing i did was remove a bracket i didn't need, ground it all off with the grinder. got very hot because alu doesn't glow when its hot, i didn't think and grabbed a hold of it. burned my finger prints off



[Edited on 3/4/10 by blakep82]

karlak - 3/4/10 at 07:14 PM

Same situation as me - except mine is plastic.

I am more concerned about the small particles and shards entering the tank from cutting. Any ideas how to avoid this ?

I was considering emptying the tank, removing, drilling, then flushing, drying completely and then refitting ?

blakep82 - 3/4/10 at 07:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by karlak
Same situation as me - except mine is plastic.

I am more concerned about the small particles and shards entering the tank from cutting. Any ideas how to avoid this ?

I was considering emptying the tank, removing, drilling, then flushing, drying completely and then refitting ?


i guess if you sort of did it upside down, all the bits will fall out and only the last little bit will go in the tank i guess

RichardK - 3/4/10 at 07:29 PM

Again I wouldn't bother if you've an inline fuel filter, just run it empty a couple of times then change the filter.

That's what I'd do, but there again I am a lazy bugg3r.

Cheers

Rich