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Gas tank sender screws. #881075 09/08/2012 3:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland J jockbolter50 'Bolter
jockbolter50 'Bolter J Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland	Not sure if this is in the right place but the gas tank is inside the cab so I guess that qualifies as 'Interior'. I was fitting my new 12v gas sender today and the screws supplied are the wrong diameter. Can anyone tell me what I'm looking for,sadly i'm a victim of the European metric system and don't understand those funny old fashioned sizes...... 1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.

Re: Gas tank sender screws. jockbolter50 #881090 09/08/2012 4:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada D DADS50 Shop Shark
DADS50 Shop Shark D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada	What tank are you using? If I remember correctly the screws on my original tank were smaller than the ones on the new spectra tank I purchased. Fortunately the new tank came with a set of screws for the sender. ...click... I'm out of town right now otherwise I would measure both for you DADS50 YouTube 1950 chevy 3100

Re: Gas tank sender screws. jockbolter50 #881092 09/08/2012 4:16 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California H healingbear 'Bolter
healingbear 'Bolter H Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California	jockbolter50, 10 X 32 X 1/2" are the size I used... I also went with allen head screws in that size... 1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974

Re: Gas tank sender screws. DADS50 #881093 09/08/2012 4:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 north of the 49th F Flxible Cruising in the Passing Lane
Flxible Cruising in the Passing Lane F Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 north of the 49th	machine screws on most everything will be 6-32 or 8-32, find a handful of each size in different lengths just to have handy Bill Moved over to the Passing Lane "When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics

Re: Gas tank sender screws. Flxible #881231 09/09/2012 2:21 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland J jockbolter50 'Bolter
jockbolter50 'Bolter J Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland	Originally Posted by DADS50 What tank are you using? The tank is a Counterpart item,I had two screws left over from the adjustable sender that fit,unfortunately I don't know what size they are either.... Originally Posted by healingbear jockbolter50, 10 X 32 X 1/2" are the size I used... I also went with allen head screws in that size... That confirms the answer I received from one of my AD Trucker pals on the HAMB. Thanks! Originally Posted by red58 machine screws on most everything will be 6-32 or 8-32, find a handful of each size in different lengths just to have handy Bill Bill... it's hard enough to even find Imperial stuff here,never mind handfulls! The one source I have here tears me a new one every time I go into the place. They charged me nearly $10 for 4 stainless screws for the windshield centre bar..... 1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.

Re: Gas tank sender screws. jockbolter50 #881560 09/10/2012 2:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 South Central Kansas T Tiny Ex Hall Monitor
Tiny Ex Hall Monitor T Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 South Central Kansas	Originally Posted by jockbolter50 ...it's hard enough to even find Imperial stuff here,never mind handfulls! The one source I have here tears me a new one every time I go into the place. They charged me nearly $10 for 4 stainless screws for the windshield centre bar..... Tell me the size you need and give me your mailing address. I'll send you a care package. Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet. The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion. Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.

Re: Gas tank sender screws. Tiny #881768 09/11/2012 4:06 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland J jockbolter50 'Bolter
jockbolter50 'Bolter J Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 Scotland	Originally Posted by Tiny Tell me the size you need and give me your mailing address. I'll send you a care package. Thanks for the kind offer Tiny,ironically you could have probably still sent me them cheaper than that guy would have charged me here. Long story short,I got to thinking and simply re-tapped the screw holes to 5mm metric. I used plenty of grease on the tap to avoid swarf dropping into the tank. Job's a good 'un! 1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.

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