New Gas Gauge Sender
August 3, 2008
I have been a bit lax about working on the car. It has been running great so I have been driving it more than fixing it. However the gas gauge sender I screwed up when I rebuilt the fuel tank has been bugging me. Finally that is fixed.
 A
new sender is the answer but it was very hard to find.
I found one at a swap meet that was not the right part but I
thought might work. I was wrong. Finally in June
I spotted one on e-Bay and won it. It is
hard to believe this sender is 60 years old! |
 I
stopped gassing the car up for 250 miles. That left
only a few gallons in the tank. It took about
three pans to empty the tank. Turns out the
undercoating I used on the tank dissolves in gasoline but no
harm done. |
 The
dog really wanted to sleep right where I needed to work.
In case I never mentioned it Buddy loves this car.
Every time he goes into the garage he goes and stands next
to the Studebaker in hopes of getting a ride. I think
here he was checking my work. |
  Once
I dropped the tank out the old sensor came out with 6
screws. The gasket my
daughter made was still intact so I left it. Here
I am doing some quick electrical tests to make sure the
wiring is right. Just to be save I added a ground wire
to make sure my carefully undercoated tank is grounded. |
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