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MTT3107
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 Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 3:55 pm Post subject: Fuel quantity sender |
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Is there a "correct" way to install it ?
The arm to the left, right, fwd, backward ? |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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There's 5 screws, only 1 way makes sense.
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bsairhead
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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| The video I just watched sure looks like it goes left. Drivers side on a left hand drive vehicle. Google is your friend. |
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MTT3107
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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Which way "makes sense" ?
With 5 screws, there 4 different possibilities.... |
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bsairhead
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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| MTT3107 wrote: |
Which way "makes sense" ?
With 5 screws, there 4 different possibilities.... |
It sure can't go forward. |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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| MTT3107 wrote: |
Which way "makes sense" ?
With 5 screws, there 4 different possibilities.... |
The float doesn't fit some of the ways.
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OldSchoolVW's
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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There's only one way the holes on the sender will align with the holes on the tank.
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baldessariclan
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Fuel quantity sender |
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| MTT3107 wrote: |
Which way "makes sense" ?
With 5 screws, there 4 different possibilities.... |
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| There's only one way the holes on the sender will align with the holes on the tank. |
Yeah, the 5 screw holes aren't spaced evenly -- ensures that the sender is always aligned in the correct direction on the tank.
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