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Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed

Posted By: Suregrip391

Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 09:52 PM

Can anyone post me a picture of a ground strap that is installed on a car, for the fuel tank sending unit? Mine is missing and I want to see one in action! ..
Posted By: therocks

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 10:16 PM

Dont have a pic but all it is a thin strap with 2 open type clips.One snaps on the sender the other on the steel fuel line.I just make them from a piece of 12 gauge wire an eyelet and a small hose clamp.Total cost about 20 cents.That and it works better than the OE strap.Rocky
Posted By: Suregrip391

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 10:47 PM

Cool, thanks...I am familiar with what they look like, just was not certain as to how it mounted? On the fuel sending unit goes the rubber hose, on the oppisit side of the rubber hose is the fuel line which goes up front to the pump. Now, did the original ground strap mount just below the rubber hose on the sender itself where the hose goes on?

I was thinking of making my own also, but was going to try drilling a hole in the "extra material" of the fuel tanks outer flange area, pitting an eyelet on a wire and using a sheetmetal screw to fasten it and then mount the other end of the wire to the frame maybe? ...That should ground out the tank/sender, you think?
Posted By: In_The_Pink

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 11:00 PM

Posted By: In_The_Pink

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 11:03 PM

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Cool, thanks...I am familiar with what they look like, just was not certain as to how it mounted? On the fuel sending unit goes the rubber hose, on the oppisit side of the rubber hose is the fuel line which goes up front to the pump. Now, did the original ground strap mount just below the rubber hose on the sender itself where the hose goes on?

I was thinking of making my own also, but was going to try drilling a hole in the "extra material" of the fuel tanks outer flange area, pitting an eyelet on a wire and using a sheetmetal screw to fasten it and then mount the other end of the wire to the frame maybe? ...That should ground out the tank/sender, you think?




You need to ground the sender rather than the tank. It will probably work, but if you ground the tank, you're relying on the sending unit, lock ring, and tank to all have clean, corrosion free contact for the ground path to work. Better ground the sending unit directly.
Posted By: Suregrip391

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/29/09 11:03 PM

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Thanks In_The_Pink, thats what I needed! Appreciate it very much.

Posted By: Suregrip391

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/30/09 12:33 AM

Im thinking some wire and these (see pic attached) will do the trick! Thanks guys!


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Posted By: stumpy

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/30/09 02:01 AM

Why not just a piece of wire and a couple of little fuel line clamps?
Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: Picture Request: Fuel sender ground strap/Installed - 01/30/09 02:43 AM

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