[C320-list] starboard shelf over fuel tank

[Jeff Hare]

Hi Jim,

The sender can be removed without taking the shelf out if you can get into
the aft locker ok.

Few Tips:

* MARK the orientation of the fuel sender plate with a Sharpie to save
yourself time  reinstalling it.  The plate has 5 or 6 screws but they'll
only all line up in one orientation.  Otherwise, you'll get a few of them in
but the rest won't line up and you'll have to start over.

* I used a normal socket wrench with a Phillips screwdriver socket which
made it easy to take the screws out and put back in.  Only a short
screwdriver will fit between the tank and the shelf.

* It's possible that the float is not floating anymore, or that you just
need to move the sender float arm back and forth a few times to get it all
working again.

* The sender is grounded through the tank so if you want to test it when
it's out of the tank, make sure you have a good connection between the plate
and the tank.

* Double check that the tank Ground screw is not corroded and that the
sender wire connection is clean.

-Jeff Hare
#809

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
Of jim brown
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 10:03 AM
To: Catalina List
Subject: [C320-list] starboard shelf over fuel tank

I suspect that my fuel gauge sender is faulty since it seems to be stuck
between 3/4 and full. It does zero to empty when there is no power. I do
plan to review the test procedure on the website. It does look like the
sender can't be removed until the shelf is removed. Is that correct? In
addition it look like the sensor might be blocked by the block that holds up
the forward end of the shelf.  And finally how do you remove the shelf
(looks like getting at the aft end will be a bear)?

Jim Brown