AE Fuel Guardian:
Alright, today I'm sealing up the last few things in the left
tank prior to closing it up. First up, the AE Fuel Guardian
sensor. I wrapped a piece of masking tape around the end of it to
protect it from scratches during the install and also to keep proseal
off of it. Once I torqued the nut and sealed around it, I removed
the tape. Not shown in this picture we then installed the baffle
box over this guy. I then sealed up all the edges around the
baffle box... I only want fuel entering & exiting the box through
the holes I drilled in the top & bottom.
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Fuel Return Fittings: Next
up was to install our fuel return fitting. I sealed it in place,
torqued it, and then Angela helped me rivet the anti-rotation plate in
place. After that I just sealed all the edges. Note:
you can see how the fitting exit inside the tank is behind the fuel cap
flange.
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SkySports Capacitive Fuel Senders: After that I pookied and then bolted the SkySports
fuel probe/sender in place. In these pics you can see the
clearance from the baffle box, and also how I used the stiffener as a
support by glueing the probe to it (making sure there was about 1/4" of
clearance between the two... remember, they can't touch.)
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I
also slathered a bit of proseal between the probe and rib where it
passes through the hole, and finally between the probe and the vent
line (making sure not to plug the end of the probe). This should
ensure it isn't capable of bouncing around and touching anything.
In order to get it in exactly the spot I wanted I used this 2x4 to put
a slight bit of pressure on it while the proseal cured.
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Here's a pic showing the sender probe right side up.
So, the bend is the low point… this is why we needed the small
hole drilled there. Notice also that the proseal insulating the
probe from the stiffener at this point is sort of off to the
side… this is so it wouldn't plug up that small hole. Also
in this pic you can see the flange for the fuel pickup at the bottom
right. So, the fuel sender should almost read down to completely
empty.
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Here's a shot of the exterior showing the arrangement of
fuel sender & AE Fuel Guardian. The instructions with the
Fuel Guardian state to route the wires up so 'in the event of a fuel
leak it won't migrate down into the wires'… makes sense so I
prosealed them in that direction and then taped it to cure.
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