Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8
Posted by africapackard On 2009/7/30 1:57:02
We are having a real cold winter this past 4 weeks so work on the 50 has been slow. The past weekend however I decided to install the correct fuel tank I got from a friend. It went of without a hitch and I am quite pleased with the results.
The sending units in both tanks were beyond repair - totally rusted out. Seeing as I have converted to 12v I decided to install a universal fuel sender and gauge. I did not do any modifications to the tank that cannot be changed back, so even though the gauge and unit is not Packard, someone can still revert back to the dash gauge and original fuel sender if they have the money off course!
Calibrating the new sender was difficult, but it seems to be now working beautifully. The tank was bone dry and I put in 30 litres of petrol (lead replacement LRP, 93 octane). The gauge now shows between half and quarter full. According to my calculations this tank can hold 80 litres of petrol? Is this approximately correct?
The car runs great and the bad fuel smell from the old tank is gone.
The after market gauges you see in the photo still need to be modified so that one can hide them when showing the car and only see them when driving. All of them work great.
The previous not standard tank hanged out from the back and really looked bad. See the before and after photos. This original tank was presure tested and painted and really helps with the look from behind.
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The sending units in both tanks were beyond repair - totally rusted out. Seeing as I have converted to 12v I decided to install a universal fuel sender and gauge. I did not do any modifications to the tank that cannot be changed back, so even though the gauge and unit is not Packard, someone can still revert back to the dash gauge and original fuel sender if they have the money off course!
Calibrating the new sender was difficult, but it seems to be now working beautifully. The tank was bone dry and I put in 30 litres of petrol (lead replacement LRP, 93 octane). The gauge now shows between half and quarter full. According to my calculations this tank can hold 80 litres of petrol? Is this approximately correct?
The car runs great and the bad fuel smell from the old tank is gone.
The after market gauges you see in the photo still need to be modified so that one can hide them when showing the car and only see them when driving. All of them work great.
The previous not standard tank hanged out from the back and really looked bad. See the before and after photos. This original tank was presure tested and painted and really helps with the look from behind.
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