Dan Pantages

Not yet. It is winter here and the garage is cold, not a lot of work being done. Hard to get moving on replacing the switches as they all work, I just don't know for how long.

They do look close, the wiper one is close enough for me. About 25/32" x 1-9/16".

OK, I have the new tank in. Now I need a new fuel gauge which I am trying to install. The Series 4 is impossible to work on under the dash. I managed after 3 hours to get the old gauge out. In doing so I managed to break the wiper switch. The wiring is so tight with no way to get through the jumble of wires. When I did get the gauge undone the wires are so short to it that with it half way out the wires came off. But right now I need to find out a source for the dash switches. Picture attached. This has been a project I wish I hadn't had to do. I can't find any shop here that would be willing to do the job.

The tank is in and the car is on the road. The sender that is in the tank is 10 to 180ohms. 10 being empty and 180 being full. I found a replacement gauge that is a copy of the Smiths gauge that works in this range.

OK, when the lead is disconnected from the gauge, the gauge reads empty. The ohm reading of 9.2 is just the sending unit. When you say "then touch the lead to ground watching the gauge" do you mean the gauge lead? I would like to avoid removing the sender from the tank as that means removing the tank from the car. As you can see from the picture of the tank the sender is on top, unlike older 7s the top of the tank is totally covered and over all the suspension and rear axel with no way to get to it. Actually this is the view of the tank without all the rest uninstalled. At this point I am quite sure I will have to remove the tank. Hope springs eternal, hoping the float is stuck in the up position. Please keep coming with questions/ideas. Without these, there are no answers.

I ordered a new tank from Compbrake. https://www.compbrake.com/ It came in 6 days from when I ordered it. It took 2 hours to get the old tank out. The old sending unit was a ball of rust. The new tank came with a new sending unit. I put the new tank in, not hooked up or any of the axel/suspension installed, it took 3 hours to line up the top bolts but once I did, it all fit perfectly. Now, the problem. Before I put it in I didn’t test the sending unit with the gauge in the car, stupid mistake. It’s a Smiths gauge. I turned the key on and the gauge went to the full mark, slowly, the tank is empty. I put a meter across the new sending unit and it reads 009.2 ohm’s. I’m quite sure the sending unit is not jammed in the up position. So, does anyone have an idea what to do. If someone wants to talk about it, I would be glad to phone them. I don't know how to make this a thumbnail. I have a new email address. pantages47 at gmail.com