saudivette
Clueless In Sandland
I went to remove my old tank sender unit today so that I could fit the new one preparitory to modding the rear deck to take the Monza style cap.
It went downhill from there :suicide:
Once I got the old unit out of the tank, I placed it and the new one side by side and it didn't take a whole lot of time to realise that they're wired differently:
![354a0c352758fd6.jpg 354a0c352758fd6.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21737-9539af700c9aa705c009886ae99c01bb.jpg)
On the old one, the two (black) wires are bolted to the motor whereas on the new motor, there's a plug with one black and one red wire coming from it and the unit has one black and one grey wire to attach to the motor. What colour goes to what on the new one? Also on the old one, one of the black wires runs though what looks like a capacitor
What's that all about?
![354a0c352940909.jpg 354a0c352940909.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21738-350dcf10acba3b78d31825ad56da3e81.jpg)
![354a0c352871646.jpg 354a0c352871646.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21739-d5271b4db9ca2ddc3aae99f67c3b62c0.jpg)
I did plug the new sender unit into the car harness and tried touching the motor wires to the black and grey wires but couldn't get the motor to do squat. I ran a multimeter in the plug and am getting around 8 volts when I bridge two of them but nothing at all with the third wire in the plug (can't remember which colours). I'm not real concerned about that for now as it could be a relay or fuse or something and I did touch the motor to the battery and it spun, so I know it works but I need to know what way to wire up the motor so I can get the sender unit mounted in the tank.
That was not the worst of it. Did I mention that the old sender unit had been leaking a little bit at the 6 o'clock position? Did I mention that that bolt wasn't present when I went to take the sender unit out? Sorry, that's incorrect, the bolt was present but the bolt head was not! Some arse piece has snapped a damn bolt off in the hole!!! I managed to get a hole drilled down into the bolt and started an easyout going. I think the stud actually moved a little before the easyout snapped off! I've spent the whole day trying to get the stud/easyout combo out of the hole. Probably a little bit of an understatement to say I'm pissed off!!
Anyway, and ideas on the motor wiring would be appreciated. Thanks guys :thumbs:
It went downhill from there :suicide:
Once I got the old unit out of the tank, I placed it and the new one side by side and it didn't take a whole lot of time to realise that they're wired differently:
![354a0c352758fd6.jpg 354a0c352758fd6.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21737-9539af700c9aa705c009886ae99c01bb.jpg)
On the old one, the two (black) wires are bolted to the motor whereas on the new motor, there's a plug with one black and one red wire coming from it and the unit has one black and one grey wire to attach to the motor. What colour goes to what on the new one? Also on the old one, one of the black wires runs though what looks like a capacitor
![354a0c352940909.jpg 354a0c352940909.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21738-350dcf10acba3b78d31825ad56da3e81.jpg)
![354a0c352871646.jpg 354a0c352871646.jpg](https://www.vettemod.com/data/attachments/21/21739-d5271b4db9ca2ddc3aae99f67c3b62c0.jpg)
I did plug the new sender unit into the car harness and tried touching the motor wires to the black and grey wires but couldn't get the motor to do squat. I ran a multimeter in the plug and am getting around 8 volts when I bridge two of them but nothing at all with the third wire in the plug (can't remember which colours). I'm not real concerned about that for now as it could be a relay or fuse or something and I did touch the motor to the battery and it spun, so I know it works but I need to know what way to wire up the motor so I can get the sender unit mounted in the tank.
That was not the worst of it. Did I mention that the old sender unit had been leaking a little bit at the 6 o'clock position? Did I mention that that bolt wasn't present when I went to take the sender unit out? Sorry, that's incorrect, the bolt was present but the bolt head was not! Some arse piece has snapped a damn bolt off in the hole!!! I managed to get a hole drilled down into the bolt and started an easyout going. I think the stud actually moved a little before the easyout snapped off! I've spent the whole day trying to get the stud/easyout combo out of the hole. Probably a little bit of an understatement to say I'm pissed off!!
Anyway, and ideas on the motor wiring would be appreciated. Thanks guys :thumbs:
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