Alan,
I had the same problem with my sending unit. It turns out that the
mounting plate at the top of the sender needed to be rotated 90 degrees.
The five screw holes are not quite evenly spaced. I had to try my sending
unit in several positions before I got it right. Then the carriage bolt
at the top of the sender had to be loosened so I could rotate the rest of
the unit so that the float could swing through its full arc. You might
want to try removing the mounting plate from the sender, turning it until
the holes line up, and then remounting the rest of the sender on it.
I hope this makes some sort of sense. It's probably worth a try before
you start welding on your gas tank.
Andrew Roberts
'49 3600
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Alan Gingles wrote:
>
> If your sending unit actually fits in the stock hole, please tell me
> how! I have a VDO set of Series I gauges in my '48, and there was no way
> the sending unit would fit. We're going to pull the tank, steam it out,
> and weld in a new piece of metal to put the sending unit into.
> As for mounting your gauges, check my website out. There is a pic of my
> gauges, mounted in the original '48 bezels, and all 4 of the small ones
> fit, although tightly. I can give you the details on how I did it if
> you'd like. BTW...in the final version the two sides are reversed from
> what you see in the pic. Speedo is now on the right. With all the wires
> and stuff they wouldn't fit the way I had first tried it.
>
> Alan Gingles
> 1948 Chevy 1314
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