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Madmerc

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fuel sender early type
« on: October 21, 2015, 03:06:21 »
hi I just purchased a early type fuel sender does any one no which direction itsits in the fuel tank is there any markings .thanks

ja17

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Re: fuel sender early type
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2015, 06:49:39 »
It can only be installed one way. The bolt pattern is not symmetrical.
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Madmerc

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Re: fuel sender early type
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 12:23:56 »
Thanks ja17 you are absolutley right  cheers mate

Benz Dr.

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Re: fuel sender early type
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2015, 15:55:45 »
You will want the float to face towards the right side of the tank. I ran into this with on a 220SE ( 128 Cab. ) where we used a 190SL sender. The float was hitting the flower pot and giving false 1/4 full readings when it was actually empty. In this case and to fix that problem, we drilled a couple of extra holes in the flange of the sender so it could be indexed in the opposite direction from what an original sender would have been mounted.
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Madmerc

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Re: fuel sender early type
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2015, 19:05:12 »
Thanks benz dr definitely will look into that