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No it can't be
Fuel strip - for info;
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Thanks - that's a pity
Bendy toy
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Ive fitted a stick type float gauge. Like this but 450mm and it cost only £30 at the boat chandlers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500mm-Uni...943709?hash=item3f5c35689d:g:7iEAAOSwuAVWu136
The gauge is one of these but silver
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-Dig...381849?hash=item5b13554f19:g:OtUAAOSw~OdVdVey
It reads 10 to 180 ohm so will work with any sender of that range.
I removed the fuel strip but you could leave it connected. The top end of the sender was sealed in epoxy putty and attached to a countersunk screw and wire though the tank filler neck. The screw head is covered by the filler cap gasket. The bottom end rests on the tank bottom, I fitted an aluminium bracket screwed though with suitable sealers and gaskets (not silicone).
The fuel pump controller now needs a switchable bypass. I suspect the level reading will rise when the bypass is switched in as the pump venturi will now be pumping fuel across the tank. I've not yet tested that. I may well need the new fuel pump before that will work properly.
In the meantime we either accept a 35 litre tank that only usefully holds 26 litres or get used to tipping the bike over and hearing the fuel slosh across.
The gauge is one of these but silver
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-Dig...381849?hash=item5b13554f19:g:OtUAAOSw~OdVdVeyIt reads 10 to 180 ohm so will work with any sender of that range.
I removed the fuel strip but you could leave it connected. The top end of the sender was sealed in epoxy putty and attached to a countersunk screw and wire though the tank filler neck. The screw head is covered by the filler cap gasket. The bottom end rests on the tank bottom, I fitted an aluminium bracket screwed though with suitable sealers and gaskets (not silicone).
The fuel pump controller now needs a switchable bypass. I suspect the level reading will rise when the bypass is switched in as the pump venturi will now be pumping fuel across the tank. I've not yet tested that. I may well need the new fuel pump before that will work properly.
In the meantime we either accept a 35 litre tank that only usefully holds 26 litres or get used to tipping the bike over and hearing the fuel slosh across.
Thanks Bendy toy,
As a matter of interest if they changed from a strip to a float from 2009 did they do a complete revamp of the fuel tank and pick up?
As a matter of interest if they changed from a strip to a float from 2009 did they do a complete revamp of the fuel tank and pick up?
It doesn't rest on the bottom.
The bottom end of the fuel strip should be sitting in a notch in the side of the tank, near the bottom.
This hold the bottom end of the strip in place and stops it from waving around in the sloshing about petrol.
If you have not ensured that it is correctly in place then it will stress the top end of the strip causing it to fail.
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