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Yes, it's an ingenious fix for sure, but I think I'm going to stick with mounting a 4" plate. So what about my 3 mounting questions? Thanks in advance, Chris
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Since my tank was so hacked up I decided to order a 1/4" x 4" diameter aluminum disk. I will drill out a center hole for the sending unit shaft, then gasket and 10-32 bolt down the 4" disk to the tank, and then use it as a base to bolt on the sending unit. A couple of...
To plate or not to plate - is that now the question 🙂? IOW, just rotate, retap, and bolt her down?
Check out the pic - can I get away with that? Looks like all my new bolt holes would be very close to the edge of the 2" sender hole if I tried this. Would I get enough "bite" being so close to...
Thanks for the step by steps.
Tank is aluminum.
I think I'll use 3/16" for more bite
Should the plate aluminum too?
What metal should the screws be made of?
Looks like 10/32 is a standard thread for this application ?
Greetings all,
Somebody did a real hack job on mounting a sending unit on an aluminum gas tank on my boat. I'll try to post a picture, but for now let me describe.
The gas tank hole is 2" in diameter.
The sending unit 5 bolt pattern is not wide enough for all 5 screws to engage the tank...
