YJ Gas Tank Questions!

Jeepers · 2003-11-02T22:06:29+00:00

I pulled my wife's tank down to install her Tuffy trunk. Installed the trunk without trouble.I did the 15 to 20 gallon conversion as suggested here, in the group, without trouble.I opened the tank and inspected the inside. The fuel tank sending unit has been reading 1/4 tank when empty (engine dies). It looked like there 3-4 gallons in the tank. However the sending unit was telling the guage it was 1/4 tank full. IOW, I thought the tank was nearly empty from what the guage was telling me.I took the unit out of the tank. Plugged it in to the harness. Let the float hang. And the guage reads empty. So... i'm guessing it's not picking up fuel at 3-4 gallons, where the gueage reads 1/4 tank.1) Why is there a white plastic "bowl" in the bottom of the tank? My CJ didn't have that.2) How does the fuel get into the bowl when low? Slosh?3) What kind of sealant do use to re-install the unit into the tank? It had a flexible plasitc gasket, I kept it, it looked ok.I bent the float up slightly, hoping that it would actually read lower, at the guage, at the same levelThanks for any input, wife is wanting her ride back!

Nov 02, 2003 24 Replies

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Joe 22 years ago

what is a cylume?

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Jeepers 22 years ago

Google.

Chemical lightstick.

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Joe 22 years ago

Silly me...went to websters...

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Jeepers 22 years ago

That's o.k. I was too chickenshit to use them.

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Jeepers 22 years ago

She's running! 20 gallon tank with a working gas guage and a new Tuffy trunk. She's happy. Thanks all! Now she can go in the store when she has the laptop and the top down.

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