obxtrainman

Hello everybody. I'm new here to this forum. I have recently found a '73 240z with 47021 original miles. It needs a good paint job. I am in the process of changing out the struts all the way around. I have also purchased the master bushing kit from Black Dragon. It came with a complete new gasket/ weather striping kit. I'm also going to go ahead and change out the ujoints for sh-ts and grins. The other day I posted in someone thread about fuel gages. I have changed out the sending unit. The old and new in a change out tank both read half full when topped off. I'll figure it out, when I do, I'll post and let everyone know what the problem was. As for personal info. My name is Kenneth, and I live on the outer banks of NC. This is a beach area just south of Norfolk VA. I'll be looking forward to having discussions with everyone on our so very cool cars. I had always like these cars, then I guess since I hadn't seen one in decades, I had forgotten about them. I had been looking for a smaller car for awhile. Then after 1.5 years of waiting to get my wife here from China, this one popped up. I know a 240 isn't the best car to teach a 36 year old Chinese lady how to drive in. As a matter of fact, the first couple of weeks, everytime she dumped the clutch, or grinded my gears, I almost concidered sendind her back. Just kidding. Anyhow, just wanted to say hello to everyone. OBX

So does the tank need to be grounded or not? I put a new unit into a tank the prior owner had exchanged. He had put in the original unit. At full, the gage read just over half. When I filled it up, it would only take about 7 gallons. I put some leads on the (TWO) wires that go to the sending unit. With the new unit in my hands, I could watch the gage go full spectrum. Empty to full. I put the new one in,,,,same problem. I took it out again, looked inside,,see nothing for it to hang up on. I have now measured the old unit thoroughly, but haven't had a chance to measure the tank yet. There are two wires coming out of the same harness as the two sending unit wires. They are butt connected together. It looks as though they had been painted green at some point. I guess I'm asking if they might be a ground for the tank, and should I affix one to the tank. Thanx in advance for any responses.