Re: 1947 clipper fuel sender.

Posted by Rscott77x On 2018/6/19 18:04:53

The fuel sender arrived but the flange was too large for the sender recess in the tank . Also, it was a 6 hole and mine was a 5 hole. I called Mike at KM Lifestyles Mfg. and in our discussion I remembered that my car had been hit in the left rear quarter panel at some time in it's life. He stated that the sender sent was the correct one for an OEM tank. So, it probably did not have an OEM tank. I traced the outline of the sender unit flange and sent it to them. He mentioned that there were only 2 possibilities so a match-up would not be hard. He said this was not an unusual situation. Mike is very easy to work with!
The sender he sent me was beautifully made, heavy duty with a weighted action to the float...(when float raised to the
"full" tank position, and released, it slowly descended to empty).
In the pics you can see how thick the flange was made.

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