Re: [AMC-list] Swapping out fuel sending unit - where do you connect ground?

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Add another day to that, lol. I went and filled it up today, then
headed home. Noticed a widening pool under the car. Pulled the battery
cables, grabbed a small empty gas container and put it under, then
poked around. Jacked it up and pulled off the passenger side tire.
Man! That made it a lot easier to get at the fuel sending unit - I
should have done that to begin with!

Tightened the sending unit a bit and tightened the fuel hose. It isn't
leaking any more - but I'm keeping an eye on it. Decided to paint the
rear drums while it's up on jack stands again. Thinking of cleaning up
the rear wheels and hitting them with some paint as well. (I gotta
save up for a compressor and touch-up gun - the aerosol cans are kinda
lame!).

Anyway - hope I got the leak. Nothing caught on fire. I might call my
insurance company and get better coverage now that it's running and
driving. It's no longer a big, cool lego project.

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That must have been one of the longest fuel sending unit jobs done!
>
> Thursday during lunch break I jacked it up and put it on jack stands.
>
> Friday during lunch I pulled the fuel line and let the fuel drain into
> a plastic gas can.
>
> Friday after work and before frying up catfish for dinner I pulled the
> old sending unit and put the new one on (with new filter and new
> gasket).
>
> Saturday after my morning Costco meat, dairy and produce run I drilled
> a small hole for the self-tapping sheet metal screw - then attached
> the ground wire and the fuel line.
>
> After my Saturday afternoon Publix run for the smaller stuff (some
> things you just don't want in bulk, no matter what!) - I lowered the
> car, put fuel back in the tank and connected the battery cables.
> Checked the fuel gauge - and it read about an eigth!
>
> I then headed to the gas station with the clean two gallon container
> and picked up more fuel. Put it in the Rambler. Checked the gauge -
> and it was higher! Then I started it up and idled it for a while
> before backing it up and hosing off the top of the driveway.
>
> I should have rerun that yellow wire - Russ - you are right. That's in
> a bad spot, and I'll probably hit it when doing a Costco run or a
> camping trip. I need to move up getting a trunk mat or something just
> to get that wire covered up.
>
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