DeTomaso Mailing List: June 99, Message #248

Mike,
If your tank is the same as mine and Waynes, when you put the sender in
you twist it so that the float slips through the cut-out in the baffle. 
As I recall it, the float is actually to the rear of the baffle, and the
rod rises and lowers through the cut-out.
GPD4
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:11:02 -0400 MikeLDrew@aol.com writes:
>Hi guys,
>
>Apropos of absolutely nothing, I was suddenly struck with a thought 
>regarding 
>my Pantera, and wondered if any of you could offer opinions.
>
>My original gas tank was rusted to shreds.  A kind POCA member GAVE me 
>a 
>replacement gas tank that was in super condition.  The thing is, it 
>was also 
>totally different from my old one.
>
>My car is a July '72 Pre-L #3960 and the tank was simply mild steel.  
>The 
>tank that I was given was a take-off from a '71 (number 15XX?)  
>Apparently 
>years ago a fellow was having his '71 restored and heard of potential 
>gas 
>tank problems, so he just opted to buy a new one because he could.  
>There was 
>nothing wrong with the old one however, so it kicked around for awhile 
>before 
>it fell into my hands.
>
>This early car tank is aluminum, not steel, and is wrapped in 
>fiberglass.  
>Sounds stock to me.  But here's the problem.
>
>Internally it's filled with some reinforcing ribs or baffles of some 
>type.  
>My later tank fuel sender bolts right up.  But the tank will NOT 
>register 
>over 1/2 full because the sender contacts the baffle and is prevented 
>from 
>going any further!
>
>This isn't a major problem--I just fill the car by eye, and it 
>registers half 
>full until, well, until it's half full!  Then the sender and gauge 
>operate 
>normally right down to empty.  The bottom half of the gauge is the 
>only 
>CRITICAL part of the gauge so I could easily live with it forever.  
>But I'd 
>like to have it fully functional if able.  Am wondering if the early 
>tank 
>fuel senders were THAT different (should I consider a change), or is 
>there 
>something more complex going on here?
>
>I have to pull the sender anyway (the gasket is fried, first time I 
>filled 
>the tank over a gallon leaked out onto the ground!), and that would be 
>the 
>time to contend with this problem.
>
>Any and all ideas welcomed!  Thanks!
>
>Mike
>

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