|
|
Remove the seat to access the fuel sending unit.
Use a screwdriver and hammer to remove the locking ring holding the sending unit in place. Note: I did not get a picture or the removal. This picture is of the reinstallation therefore I am actually tightening the locking ring instead of loosening it. Also there is a fitting visible on the sending unit that is not stock. Warning! Do not remove the sending unit unless your fuel gage is at 1/4 or below. Otherwise you may have gas all over the place.
Gas tank with sending unit removed. The green rubber washer fits in the groove in the tank.
Float installation. No comment about the dirty thumbnail. Note: The float arm is removable and should be removed from the sending unit before installing the fitting.
Sending Unit looking from bottom with Float removed. Note location of fitting. There is little room for error here. You have to deal with the plug on the top side, the locking ring, and the opening.
Float locked in place.
Sending Unit installed. Note: you have to finagle with this a bit to get it into place under the bar. Be patient. There are two notches that holds the Sending Unit in the right position.
Use a screwdriver and hammer to reinstall locking ring.
Install 1/8" Pipe to 5/16" Barbed Hose Adapter into elbow. Again note the location of the elbow. It doesn't really show very well, but if you noticed in the bottom view of the Sending Unit the elbow is flush with the bottom. This is so that the fitting will project above the locking ring. Your best bet is to contact Ron Smith and see if he will have the fitting welded in place for you. I tried to do my own and dropped the sending unit. A replacement was $76.00.
I drilled a hole in the back corner of the right passengers pocket so that I would not have to remove the seat in order to connect and disconnect the fuel line. I used a 90 degree 1/8" Pipe Street Elbow, a 1/8" Pipe to 5/16 barbed hose adapter, and 5/16" fuel line.
To further simplify the on/off connection, I used a fuel line quick disconnect out of a Chrysler automobile. The female (to the left) is attached to the hose running to the street elbow in the passenger pocket. The male is attached to a 5/16" fuel line, 1/8" pipe to 5/16 barbed hose adapter and has a 1/8" Pipe Plug on the end. When in use the female connects to the fuel cell and the pocket door is open. When the fuel cell is removed the plug is installed and stored in the pocket out of view.
From the fitting in the passenger pocket I converted from the street elbow to a 5/16" barbed fitting and used a radiator clamp to attach the 5/16" fuel line. I ran the fuel line under and tie wrapped it to the frame.
The photo below shows the routing of the fuel line from the right passenger pocket to the fitting in the sending unit.
