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I removed the van's fuel sender that had been lovingly crafted in China, partly from a plastic that dissolves on contact with petrol. The gauge was going frantic as the thing danced about inside the tank and shorted out against the metal top. The white wire was simply bared and wrapped around the screw inside the black snotty insulating block.
I've redone it using fibre washers and a soldered ring terminal which I hope will withstand the lovely new fuel that we're to get next year.
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Another modification has been to change the cable around so that the gear change is sprung biased towards 2nd and top. The only way I could see to achieve it meant that the higher gears are away from you now, but it's worth getting used to the new pattern as it was all too easy to select reverse by mistake. My locking out device was not a success.
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The fuel pick up pipe must be constricted but there's no way to get at it without desoldering it from the tank so before the sender goes back in I'm hoping I've come up with an easy fix. If successful I'll will be sending my clever idea into Practical Mechanics where it's sure to win a 'fiver'.