Electrical How to test a fuel tank sending unit

General karthief said:

Dude.......he ditched his flip phone weeks ago

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Its not a " flip ' phone but it works just fine.... LOL... I have to laugh, am I that transparent??? Have I become the " granpa" .LOL again..

AeroCoupe said:

Limp is in the 90’s hizzouse! Welcome to the world of DVM.

Glad you got it figured out man!

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Its the schnizzel ... I needed one anyways to test my Harley ( that would not start the other day)...
Was told to test the crank sensor on it ...... Check out those 83 mustang/capri wiring diagrams in the background.....

85GTStangGuy said:

Details plz...

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You asked for it.... Remember I am like a kid in a candy store with stuff like this..

I had looked at vises for the last couple of years, been without since I moved from Oregon to Florida 13+ years ago.... I noticed that they were a bit on the spendy side and I have the tendency to upgrade on tools, even if I don't need it, Too many times going in my neighbors Snap On truck..... Looked at some used ones online, but they were more money than new or junk.....
Anyways I digress.....

So I see this Wilton vice with the " bash " hammer deal going around online... WAY MORE money than I want to spend but looks like a neat deal..
My " Capitol One" credit card keeps sending me emails about deals on this vise... So I look a little closer at this vise...
It weighs 58 pds ( thats good ) and the " bash Hammer" that Wilton is throwing in sells for around $100 by itself... If any of you are looking at vices remember to look at the weight.. Alot of vises are hollow, not solid... So this seems like a pretty nice setup but again more than I needed....

So I keep getting pop ups on this vice and for some reason the best deal is from Lowes, around $80 less than all the others with a pickup at my local store... Then I get another email from Capitol one, that get a kickback on my Capitol One credit card of $28 buying from lowes, so BOOM, I press the buy button......

Now there is one last comment to this story.... The Lowes ad shows the " bash " hammer in the picture but does NOT have it in any of the language of the ad..... So we will see if it will be included..... Do I need the " bash " hammer?? probably not, but I wantz it..... LOL...

For those of you who want to know, after sales tax and my " Kick back " from Capitol One, Total cost is $464....... WAY more than I was going to spend on a vise...... I sure hope my kid has a good IRA......

Should get it soon.... Pictures to follow....

So to bring this to a close.....
In stalled my new 85 fuel line ( fit and will work great).. Yesterday I drove to NPD in Ocala, FL to look at the 81-84 sender and the late 84-85 sender they sell... I had wondered if the fuel line " clocking " was different due to the different routing of the 85 fuel line....
The only difference was the electrical connector so I purchased the one for an 83 Mustang....
Pic here of testing it to my fuel gauge before installing it in the fuel tank... I could not get my new multi tester to work... Pretty sure its operator error..
So I plugged it into the wire connector on the car and moved it to different " levels" ... Seems to be working just fine on my dash fuel gauge... You can see I used multiple wood 2X4's to set different levels....
While the tank is out I could finally get to the one bolt holding the pass side bumper mount to clean and put a couple of coats of paint on both mounts.. Yeah I know, they should be body color but not gonna happen...
I will add some pics of the new fuel line routing to my " fuel line routing post" when I visit under my car again....

85GTStangGuy said:

Details plz...

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Pics of my new vise/hammer deal.... the hammer is a 4 lb er on a 16" fiberglass handle..