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 Posted: Jun 27, 2024 07:07AM
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I want to share my experience with an inside the tank fuel pump late model spi 1995. I bought a very rusty non running mini for the engine. Upon taking the fuel pump out of the tank, I discovered that two connectors had corrosion. I said to myself, this would have been hard to discover and a tremendous brain teaser.

 

 

Minis rust everywhere!

 Posted: Jun 27, 2024 02:42AM
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Not on my screen.... Alex commented on your other post and it doesn't appear here. Also the "quote post" function seems to have dropped off ??? Cheers, Ian

Here's Alex's post from your other thread:

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The sender unit is a basically a float on a wire arm that goes up & down with the fuel level; the floats can sometimes spilt and sink to the bottom of the tank, and this is likely to be the case here.

 

As Ian says, dip the tank to make sure the fuel level is below the sender hole and pull the sender out.  You'll quickly know if the float has failed because it will be full of fuel (or missing).

 

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jun 26, 2024 03:36PM
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The "Quote Post" is still there. Just after the window opens you need to check the "Styled" instead of "Text" box.

"How can anything bigger be mini?"

 Posted: Jun 26, 2024 03:04PM
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Not on my screen.... Alex commented on your other post and it doesn't appear here.

Also the "quote post" function seems to have dropped off ???

Cheers, Ian

 Posted: Jun 26, 2024 05:44AM
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I’ve got a new sending unit on order. Thanks for everyone’s help.

 

And on a different note now it appears that both my postings have been merged into one.  Lol

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Originally Posted by Frogeyeandmini

I have a 96 SPI, and the fuel gauge is not registering.  I've connected the two wires to the sending unit and the gauge needle goes to full, so the gauge is good.  Other than a bad sending unit, do you have any ideas of what the problem might be?  There are several gallons of gas in the tank.

 

Thanks

 

Terry

It's probably the sending unit. Take it out and check it.

 Posted: Jun 24, 2024 04:42PM
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Ian

 

No, I haven't removed it.  I was hoping that there was another, simpler problem but in my mind I was still thinking it was the sending unit.  Do you think the float may be full of fuel?

 

Thanks 

 

Terry

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That's OK. I suppose with their current issues maintaining their website is the least of their concerns.

I've noticed that some posts seem to go missing .... including mismatches between the index and actual posts appearing in threads???

Cheers, Ian

PS did you ever get the sender out and tested???

 Posted: Jun 24, 2024 05:27AM
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I thought I had posted my question earlier but when I checked on it later it wasn't there so I posted it again.  I thought I had done something wrong about my post the first time or that the administrator had removed it,

 

I honestly did not see your response.

 

Sorry

 Posted: Jun 23, 2024 11:40PM
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Don't like the answer i posted on the 21st???

 Posted: Jun 23, 2024 02:29PM
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I have a 96 SPI, and the fuel gauge is not registering.  I've connected the two wires to the sending unit and the gauge needle goes to full, so the gauge is good.  Other than a bad sending unit, do you have any ideas of what the problem might be?  There are several gallons of gas in the tank.

 

Thanks

 

Terry