sending unit sealer

[Mick Conde]

Group- Sorry to bring this up again. I was trying to follow this thread a couple of months ago but lost the info & reccomendation conclusion. Could someone please (off group) give me the best solution for this. THANKS Mick Pittsburgh PA --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[DougPulver@aol.com]

Mick, I was one of the people having incredible difficulty sealing up my tank. Had it on and off about 8 times. (Of course my car had apparently been hit in the rear at one point so the mating surfaces may not have been perfect to begin with.) My insistence on using the original tank had something to do with the fact that I had spent $300 having the interior sandblasted and teflon sealed. Only afterwards did I find out that in order to do that the _ _ _ _ company drilled (4) 3/4 inch sized holes along both the top and bottom of the tank and then unevenly (ie. not flush with the tank - some higher some lower) welded up the holes leaving an incredible mess to clean up. Then, of course, since I wouldn't let them coat the outside of the tank the lifetime warranty was not valid. Suggestions made for sealants were: Yamabond, Seals All, Permatex and welding. Based on my experience, I think welding up the damn hole makes the most sense. (If you wish to appear the purist, I would suggest afixing the sending unit to the outside of the welded up area thus covering your deceit.) Suggestions for gaskets were: Abingdon Spares (nice stuff, I used a couple of sets), some lipped gasket from England, and a special set of gaskets made by Sherwood Parker in Arizona. If you can find his info, that might be the ticket. Suggestions on screws were: goop up the existing screws with sealant, wrap existing screws with plumber's tape before inserting, retap the holes and use bigger screws and use bigger self-tapping screws. One other suggestion which is written up in the tech section was to see if the spare wheel holder was dislodging the sending unit as the car "flexed" down the street. Makes pretty good sense especially when you consider the recent postings about the Moss replacement tank being wider than the original. Yet another suggestion was to "surface" the two mating faces with a honing (knife-sharpening type) stone. In the end, my tank ended up sealing "kind of" after doing and or trying to do all these things. In retrospect, I don't think it was worth all the time and aggravation - especially when you consider that to test the fix you need to pour gas in the tank. Then to "fix" the previously unsuccessful "fix" you need to once again siphon the gas out. I'm pretty good at that now but much like mowing the lawn - just because I'm good at it doesn't mean it's in any way fun or gratifying. Best of luck. When you are all finished, I hope you find some use for the reinstalled sending unit, that it works, the float doesn't leak, and the light works and can be seen in time for you to replenish your fuel. Doug Pulver (excitedly awaiting the new axle sets from Bob Grunau - seems my repair of the moving hub lasted only long enough for me to get to and from GOF West - it's now leaking again) TC 5850 San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: Mick Conde MMMGTCARS@yahoo.com> To: MG-TABC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [mg-tabc] sending unit sealer Group- Sorry to bring this up again. I was trying to follow this thread a couple of months ago but lost the info & recommendation conclusion. Could someone please (off group) give me the best solution for this. THANKS Mick Pittsburgh PA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Gene Gillam]

Mick asked about the email subject:

> Could someone please (off group) give me the best solution for this.

Mick, I still swear by Gasoila...works great. http://www.gsasupplyco.com/liquidsealants.html Gene Gillam Saucier, MS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/2005

[kwcp]

Mick: I made my own gasket out of aircraft silicon rubber material and used Permatex aircraft sealant on both sides of the gasket. It hasen't leaked in three years of use. The flange on the sending unit and the tank mating surface must be absolutely flat. If you tighten the screws too much the flange will warp and it will leak. Ken Porter TC 4147 Manchester, NH Mick Conde wrote:

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