A minor annoyance was the boot seal ungluing itself a little bit... Probably should fix that too!!
Thinking that the issue might be the fuel sender, Damian headed under the car to have a look, discovering that it was actually leaking slightly... Time for a new fuel sender!! Naturally, this meant emptying the fuel tank.
Of course, with the tank nearly full, it was going to take three jerry cans to siphon it out of the tank.
Damian noticed that his primer pump for the siphon had perished, so wrapped it in... a latex glove!!
With the fuel removed, it was time to check out the sender...
Undoing the old sender means removing the fuel hose, sender wire and undoing the locking mechanism.
Boofhead stopped by the shed to check out what Damian was up to...
Damian removed the old sender, and checked out the inside of the tank... looked pretty good still!!
Clean as a whistle!!
then discovered that the new sender wasn't going to go in quite as easily due to catching ever so slightly on the locking mechanism... The tank was going to have to come out!!
And out with the tank...
Careful not to tip any of the remaining fuel out the sender hole...
Now what?
Boot hole still looks as good as ever... bit dusty...
Damian clowning around...
Merlin photo-bombing while Aidan helps Damian get the remaining fuel out...
Must be empty enough to work on now...
Bit of gunk, but not too much...
The new sender sitting not quite in place... took a bit of gentle persuasion to get it in there!!
Refilling the tank - enough to check that the seal is good on the sender.
Aidan demonstrating safety first while under the fuel tank!!
After fuelling up, Damian checked the gauge... still not working properly!!
Damian pulled the gauge cluster apart to check that wires hadn't come loose... one had - would this fix the gauge?
While having it in pieces, Damian took the opportunity to replace/reposition the coloured parts for the indicator, high beam, oil and generator lights.
Put the dashboard back together...
And the fuel tank was finished!!
Something wasn't working again, so out with the dash cluster...
After a few choice words, Damian found that the gauge still wasn't working properly, but all other lights etc were. Back to the drawing board!!
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