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Boy I screwed up!!
Question:
Hello everyone. I did something I hope can be fixed rather then spending the bucks for a new one. The warmer weather got me to working on my (very old) Flightstar. I am completly redoing the dash and adding new instruments, and I thought I would add a fuel gauge while at it. I purchased the Skysports capitance model and after reading the directions, cut a hole 2 3/8" wide for the inside flange mount. Well, I cut on the outside of the line rather then the inside of the line and now the bottom metal flange doesn’t have enough meat to hold on to to form a good seal. What I think I should have done was just drill a half inch hole, and pre-drilled bolt holes and then slotted just enough to get the metal flange in. Anyway my problem is this—-I’ve got a gapping 2-3/8" hole in the top of my 10 gallon tank (plactic) of which I would like to seal and then mount the fuel probe on the other side of the tank. Anyone have any ideas as to how to do it??? Thanks for your help. Bob
Response:
BoB: << Change the tank hole to an ellipse larger enough that, across the minor axis, there is enough distance to clear the mounting hardware of the sender unit; Make an oval plate large enough to cover the hole adequately; Make a backup ring for the oval plate; make two gaskets for the cover plate; Mount the sender unit in the oval cover plate, IAW the OEM’s instructions; Drill mounting bolt holes in plate, gaskets, backup ring and tank for mounting; Mount the cover plate over the tank hole with the backup oval ring and two gaskets sandwiching the edge of the tank between; (gaskets will make disassembly easier with the sealant) Bolt it up in a wet lay-up of (Episeal 20/20, Proseal ??) <<< Somebody correct me if there are better sealants for fuel tanks now.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hello everyone. I did something I hope can be fixed rather then spending the bucks for a new one. The warmer weather got me to working on my (very old) Flightstar. I am completly redoing the dash and adding new instruments, and I thought I would add a fuel gauge while at it. I purchased the Skysports capitance model and after reading the directions, cut a hole 2 3/8" wide for the inside flange mount. Well, I cut on the outside of the line rather then the inside of the line and now the bottom metal flange doesn’t have enough meat to hold on to to form a good seal. What I think I should have done was just drill a half inch hole, and pre-drilled bolt holes and then slotted just enough to get the metal flange in. Anyway my problem is this—-I’ve got a gapping 2-3/8" hole in the top of my 10 gallon tank (plactic) of which I would like to seal and then mount the fuel probe on the other side of the tank. Anyone have any ideas as to how to do it??? Thanks for your help. Bob
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