scottonthefen
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I am fitting a new fuel tank to my 1969 2A.
I need a new fuel feed elbow pipe. This looks like the one, but it doesn't explicitly say it's for Series vehicles...?:
https://www.paddockspares.com/nrc6905-elbow-pipe.html
I also need a new sender unit as the old one is beyond trust or repair. This is a bit more interesting. My old one had only one terminal and no dedicated earth. These new ones have an earth and an additional 'low fuel warning' terminal too. I can add an earth to the chassis if it's needed, and I can ignore the warning terminal until and if I want to wire one up.
Paddocks stock two options. The first comes with instructions that talk about soldering the float rod to the right length(!?), the second claims to fit all SWB and LWB with no special fitting instructions and is far cheaper (it's a trap!?):
https://www.paddockspares.com/sender-unit.html
OR
https://www.paddockspares.com/90560612-sender-unit-all-swb-and-lwb-tanks-with-6-screw-fitting.html
Dingocroft stock one too - but the top looks like white plastic, which is a bit off-putting, for me at least:
https://www.dingocroft.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&PR=-1&TB=A&SS=555845D&ACTION=Go!
Has anyone fit a new sender unit to their Series landy recently? If so, which model did you buy and does it work satisfactorily?
I need a new fuel feed elbow pipe. This looks like the one, but it doesn't explicitly say it's for Series vehicles...?:
https://www.paddockspares.com/nrc6905-elbow-pipe.html
I also need a new sender unit as the old one is beyond trust or repair. This is a bit more interesting. My old one had only one terminal and no dedicated earth. These new ones have an earth and an additional 'low fuel warning' terminal too. I can add an earth to the chassis if it's needed, and I can ignore the warning terminal until and if I want to wire one up.
Paddocks stock two options. The first comes with instructions that talk about soldering the float rod to the right length(!?), the second claims to fit all SWB and LWB with no special fitting instructions and is far cheaper (it's a trap!?):
https://www.paddockspares.com/sender-unit.html
OR
https://www.paddockspares.com/90560612-sender-unit-all-swb-and-lwb-tanks-with-6-screw-fitting.html
Dingocroft stock one too - but the top looks like white plastic, which is a bit off-putting, for me at least:
https://www.dingocroft.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&PR=-1&TB=A&SS=555845D&ACTION=Go!
Has anyone fit a new sender unit to their Series landy recently? If so, which model did you buy and does it work satisfactorily?