Locating fuel sender hook-up

[spacebiscuit]

I'm trying to find the fuel sender to that I can connect it to my new wiring loom. I've had a search around in the engine bay but can't find any obvious wire to connect up with. Anyone able to tell me where I should be looking exactly:

to the left of the engine...

The cables top right are for a leisure battery split charge I believe. There is also something that has metal fins just behind the black bow with the thick red wires - top middle-ish right

I thought it could be the metal square tin object just top right of the two grommits but these seems to go to the alternator/generator?

Thanks!

[busdaddy]

What a mess!

On a 68-71 the sender wire emerges from the lower RH corner of the tank closure panel beside the voltage regulator, it's brown with a white stripe and is often in a black or grey sheath, it's pinched between the tank panel and the body.
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[Tcash]

Remove the top and side screws and you should be able to pull the firewall cover back far enough to get your arm in there to connect the new wire to the fuel sender.
Firewall screws

It is located on top of the petro tank.
Thnx to Goodhand77 for cutting a hole.

[spacebiscuit]

[spacebiscuit]

Thanks for replies regarding the location of the fuel sender wire.

The original fuel sender wire is in my engine bay somewhere so I just need to find and should'nt have to take the firewall cover off.

Busdaddy - using this photo that I've borrowed from the archive - is it the green arrow I have added. I think that A B are the main loom running the length of the bus and the battery hook-up to the started motor. But the brown wire coming of this running left could be it?

[busdaddy]

Yes, that's it.

As far as the mess it seems you are dealing with the wiring already, the fuel filter would be better under the bus at the tank outlet, the 009 distributor isn't the best choice, the missing grommets, seals and holes are going to admit dust and warm air, and the overall dirtyness makes for hot running and maintenance jobs nastier.
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[spacebiscuit]

I'm in the middle of re-wiring so yes all of those loose wires will be tidied up and sorted. The grommits are loose only since I pulled them out fo rthe new loom. I'm close to attempting to start it after running the new loom, once that goal has been achieved I will switch to the engine and have that properly fixed.

I know very little about the engine, so much so that I'm going to have ask:

- which item is the fuel filter?
- which is the 009 distributor cap

Don't laugh..

[busdaddy]

The fuel filter is zip tied to the side of the ignition coil.
Your distributor is a mechanical advance only unit, ofter called a 009 after it's part number. Most aer cheap repros and even the real deal doesn't have a well matched advance curve for a bus or 34PICT-3, it'll drive much better with a SVDA or DVDA distributor matched to the carb and vehicle.
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[Tcash]

Are you going to cut the brown wire?

[spacebiscuit]

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[airschooled]

Looks like you’ve got the factory wire connector right here:

Robbie

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