fuel sender wire

[prkaye]

I cut and bent my fuel sender wire, and have it fitting pretty well on average. But the wire will pivot about it's own axis inside that plastic guide on the fuel sender assembly that it passes through. Is this OK? I'm also concerned that there seems to be no way for the wire to be "locked" into position... I can simply pull it out of that plastic arm without much effort. Might it not wiggle-out during use?

[mburch]

You need to put a 90 degree bend in the end that doesn't have the float on it, about a quarter inch long. This fits into the plastic wiper arm and prevents the float arm from rotating. I don't know if this is in the plans but I think it is mentioned in the instructions that come with the float senders.

mcb

[prkaye]

Oh shoot... do you know if replacement wires are available?

[Radomir]

did you trim it too much?

that little bend that Matt mentioned is in the plans/drawing.. check it again -- you may not need a new wire..

[Steve]

The 90 degree bend is easily missed. I got a replacement arm from Stewart-Warner for FREE in about a week. It took 2 phone calls and several hand-offs but I finally got to the right man at the factory down in Mexico. I started with the phone number on the S-W instructions or box. All that was 2 years ago.

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Steve Fabiszak

[prkaye]

Yeah i cut it too short. No worries, Vans has the replacement wires in their online store

I got the bends now, and it fits snugly. I have it almost perfectly positioned in the "empty" position, but it hits the top of the tank slightly before the "full" position. This is erring on the safe-side at least. Question: for fuel gauges like Dynon's (or others), can the gauge itself be calibrated to componsate for slightly different resitances on different fuel senders? I.e. can you fill the tank and then calibrate the gauge to read "full", and do the same for an empty tank?

[Radomir]

Yes.. you have to calibrate 'em anyways to show correct values.. this applies to all manufactures, including Dynon..

[Ironflight]

Originally Posted by prkaye

Oh shoot... do you know if replacement wires are available?

You can also make new ones out of extra hinge pin wire....you can guess how I know.....

[prkaye]

it'd be tough to get the curve that holds the float perfectly formed, wouldn't it?
I'd rather pay the $5 personally

[Ironflight]

Originally Posted by prkaye

it'd be tough to get the curve that holds the float perfectly formed, wouldn't it?
I'd rather pay the $5 personally

It wasn't the five bucks...it was the time it was going to take (at the time, fitting wings, etc...). I figured I'd take a stab at it, and it turned out easy. Bent it it a vice by wrapping it around a socket - turned out perfect (if it hadn't, I would have bought the correct part).

Paul