John,

When I did it, at first I had it bent so the float was not touching the bottom when I put it in, and held it with the flange parallel to the opening in the gas tank. I then bent it a little bit at a time until it rested on the bottom. To check it , I measured the electrical resistance of the sender: I had measured the resistance of the sender before I started, with it in the "down" position. After I bent it to what I thought was correct, I attached it with a couple of screws and measured the resistance again. The resistance had decreased a little! I took it off and bent it slightly, and tried this again. The resistance was back to the "down" value, so I judged that this was as close as I could get to an ideal position. Also, when I then put in the rest of the screws, I included a grounding wire from one of the screws to a terminal I made on the frame by drilling a small hole in the frame to put a screw. This was to make sure the gas tank was grounded well.

Per

Thanks for your suggestions. I tried the ground, no change so off to the sending unit
I'll let you know
John

I had the same dilemma a few years ago and came up with the solution shown below, using an old thank that was rusted out.
Charlie Harris, in Nebraska, sells stepdown sending units that are already calibrated for the tanks.

[quote="John Schulien" post=19887]Thanks for your suggestions. I tried the ground, no change so off to the sending unit
I'll let you know
John

Did you ground the wire to the gauge or did you just put a ground on a mounting screw? If you ground the wire, when you turn the key on, the gauge should go all the way to full. If it doesn't, then you have a problem going towards the gauge.

HI Per,
thanks for the advice. I've been replacing some wires on my "other" hornet (3 of them) so i haven't tackled the problem yet.
I sure appreciate your helping information... i'm sure it will work.
One more thing.. I'm starting to replace the center pivot bearing. Is there any thing i should be aware of or as it comes out, it goes in.
thanks
john

John, that garage calibration set up makes the tank look like, well, a tank!

John,

When you work on the center steering arm, you may be lucky and find that the pin on the center steering arm,which the bearing fits around, is OK. In that case, you just have to install the bearing. However, if the pin is worn, you will have to detach the center steering arm from the tie rods, and from the drag link, and use a press to remove the old pin and install a new pin.

Let me know how it goes!

Per