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Re: Flushing out a Gas Tank

To: hestand@ultranet.com
Subject: Re: Flushing out a Gas Tank
From: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@mrdog.msl.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 15:20:35 -0400
That loose second smaller washer fits 'round the float to keep it from
banging on the top or bottom of the tank.  Mine was lying in the
bottom of the tank.

(I used a stump of hardwood dowel to tap the retaining ring loose.
That worked too.)

Donald.

> When I took the sending unit out there appeared to be two washers.  A large
> (approx. 3" diameter) black rubber type washer sealing the sending unit to
> the tank.  There was also a 2nd smaller (1 1/2" dia.) washer orange-ish
> washer which was loose on the wire connecting the float and the unit.  Does
> anybody know what this second washer is, and where it is supposed to go?

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