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How to test a fuel sender
In this video we walk you through the process of testing a fuel sender. In the example above we are testing the fuel sender for our 1969 Austin Healey Sprite which should read at ~14 ohms full and ~258 ohms empty.
Update on our progress: '69 Austin Healey Sprite
Wow! We had a week in the shop where we managed to get a lot done! I believe this may be the most successful week we've had in a long time. The dash is out and has been stripped. We've pulled the heater, windscreen wipers, cooling system, carburettors, and air cleaners off the car. With these off it's been full restoration mode: sand blasting, soda blasting, dissassembly, research and restoration. And my favorite part? Boxes of new goodies arriving almost daily!
As soon as I can find a good anodizer the windscreen assembly will be ready for reassembly, the fuel sender has been tested (and passed!) and the final coat of paint is drying on the gas tank, so the fuel system is ready to store away. as soon as I get in my next shhipment from Moss we'll have the proper decals for the air filters. Those will then be complete.
I also found a couple blokes with Sprite/Midget parts stashes! So it looks like I'll be able to knock a bunch off the list of missing bits.
All in all an excellent week! Now, the trick will be maintaining this pace through the Christmas season (thanks to Christmas shopping via Amazon I may be able to hide out in the shop indefinitely!). As motivation I have up on the wall out here the most recent ultrasound pictures of our daughter due in March. I know all too well what happens to productivity when babies arrive on the scene, so we're shooting to finish up this Sprite before she arrives.
As soon as I can find a good anodizer the windscreen assembly will be ready for reassembly, the fuel sender has been tested (and passed!) and the final coat of paint is drying on the gas tank, so the fuel system is ready to store away. as soon as I get in my next shhipment from Moss we'll have the proper decals for the air filters. Those will then be complete.
I also found a couple blokes with Sprite/Midget parts stashes! So it looks like I'll be able to knock a bunch off the list of missing bits.
All in all an excellent week! Now, the trick will be maintaining this pace through the Christmas season (thanks to Christmas shopping via Amazon I may be able to hide out in the shop indefinitely!). As motivation I have up on the wall out here the most recent ultrasound pictures of our daughter due in March. I know all too well what happens to productivity when babies arrive on the scene, so we're shooting to finish up this Sprite before she arrives.
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