3.9 v8 temperature sender

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452502840

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452502840

This tank will fill straight to the top .... no expansion space :( I'm going to have to find out it's capacity and fill it by 3 litres less to give some expansion room rather than letting the bowser drop out. All they had to do was weld in tubes that recessed into the tank say 1/2" and there would have been plenty of expansion space. I don't understand why a tank manufacturer would do this ?

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I drilled this out and threaded the fitting in. You know ... it still leaked a lot of air. it's so ovalised from manufacture you would need to drill it out to the point where it's to weak to use to make it "round".

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452502840

We will see how this sealer works with plastic tomorrow.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452502840

Oh yeah, if your thinking the top of the tank is crowned to provide and expansion space ..... Nope!

seeya,
Shane L.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452513065

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Well that was un-expected. The pump seal is perfect. No way am I pulling that out. So it must be the wiring connector that weeps :confused: If it's not damp anywhere when I fill the tank I won't worry about it.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452512948

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452513065

If that sealer if fuel proof .... I'm done!! I'l give it 24hours to dry, then fill it until the petrol bowser clicks out and see if we get leaks. I can blow into the filler and it holds pressure without leakage. I carefully wire brushed everywhere with a stainless steel brush before assembly to clean it.

seeya,
Shane L.

32.2 litres is the magic number ....

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1452583434

It seems fume free and almost leak free .... I'm guessing this will be damp until the tank get down to about 20litres. Does the electrical connection pop out so I can seal it up :confused:

seeya,
Shane L.

Well it's all back together and smell free now ................................... I just pried that wiring connector up and cleaned/sealed under it.........................

It's just a bloody crying shame the damn thing now doesn't want to run on petrol ..................:wallbash: :wallbash: :Rolling:

I'm taking bets, has the pump died at an opportune time .... the electrical connection pulled apart..... Or have I hooked up the pipes on the top of the damn pump backwards (I didn't realise they were identical connectors until I had the tank out and hoses unlabeled. :wasntme:

seeya,
shane L.

Oops... :D

Check your lines first, but if it has a few KM on it, I would have taken the opportunity to bung a new pump in - I've just done this on mine and boy, what a difference from the old tied one - the car starts almost instantly now rather than cranking for 5 seconds before spluttering into life.

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Originally Posted by bacicat

Oops... :D

Check your lines first, but if it has a few KM on it, I would have taken the opportunity to bung a new pump in - I've just done this on mine and boy, what a difference from the old tied one - the car starts almost instantly now rather than cranking for 5 seconds before spluttering into life.

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Now that's interesting, both the ones here crank for about 5seconds to start on petrol. But starting on gas is instantaneous. First crank of the starter it's away!

seeya,
Shane L.

Well I didn't bother swapping the lines or checking the wiring or anything.... You see I didn't want to admit it to myself, but once again I'd been a moron.

I took these piccies of the fuel pump when I sealed up the wiring.

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/457.jpg

I noted when I pried this out .... The was only 2wires there, so I wondered why there was a 3wire plug.... But chose to ignore this as it all looks untouched and obviously works. Yes, I should do some :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

So all the fun of pulling the bloody tank out and re-installing again :censored: Hey 2nd time around is always easier right ... I've found 3rd and 4th times get even faster and easier too :wasntme: :thumbsdown:

I've been trying to avoid doing everything multiple times by doing it right the first time .... Oneday, I'll succeed in actually achieving this :angel:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/458.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/459.jpg

I see that soldering and can feel my blood pressure rising and can remember the frustration and anger instantly. I've done HEAPS of this soldering in the past. I have at least 5 soldering irons here .... and no matter the size of them (even the old massive 240volt weller I own ) they solder just like this. You see the iron is *JUST* getting hot enough to melt the solder, but not hot enough to heat what your soldering too. So you end up melting everything, but not actually ever getting it hot enough solder anything together. It's not that you can't solder, it's the god damn irons are crap.

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I fed the wiring up through the top ...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/461.jpg

filed a nice clean connection for soldering.

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Lovely .... I could NOT go back to not having a decent soldering iron. If your struggling with **** like above. It's NOT you .... You NEED a decent soldering iron.

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my wife bought me one of these for a birthday present years a few years back.... A superscope iron. It's a revelation using one of these suckers with seemingly endless power after all the other cheap irons I've tried to solder with in the past. The seemingly impossible becomes simple and effortless.

Finally a fume free car that runs on both petrol and LPG :)

seeya,
Shane L.