Fuel sender replaced! Woo hoo!

Replaced the fuel sender on my '95 Caprice wagon recently. I hope I don't have to do that again any time soon.

Glad I live in the south..... I got that job down to about 1.5 hours. I've also done it over a dozen times including the dark and rain.

Wow! Great use of a skateboard for sure. Be sure to use Anti-Seize when replacing under carriage bolts. It can save plenty of bloody knuckles.

My bolts look almost like the new ones, just a little dirty. Southern cars rocks.

Thanks everyone.  It was a learning experience for sure. I was finding little rust bits in my eyes and ears for days after. Boy what a good feeling when it started when I was finished though.

WTF if causing mine to leak when full? I replaced the sender to fix the "smells like gas when full", and it still leaks and smells. The lines are fine, the fill hose is dry, as is the vent. No cracks in tank. I dropped the tank again, removed the sender to check the gasket. You can see the staining from evaporated gas around the mounting ring. It will drip out the left side when making a turn that way. In the most extreme case, I filled up last summer on a HOT day, and parked right after with the back angled down to the left, as seen in the pic below.

I'm thinking of dropping the tank again, removing the sender, and running a couple of beads of black gasket Ultra on both sides of the gasket. Any ideas?

I had one develop a leak a couple of years ago. The garage I used to go to smoke tested it, but it was not conclusive. I ended up replacing the tank. This spring I found the vent line cracked, and leaking. It was dripping when the tank was full. The vent line is 18mm/3/4 inch, and a PITA to find on a Saturday at 4:30. It is also a PITA to replace. You have to drop the tank to get to the inner attachment point. If you did not replace the O-ring, the old one may have taken a set from the sender, and was not returned to the original position.

I think I would've fainted if I saw that puddle under the car after changing the sender. I am glad I replaced the vent hose to the filler even though it looked good. Hopefully you figure it out, I feel your pain.

I just dropped the gas tank in the 99 chryelr town and country mini van that the wife drives,
I had to replace the brake lines from the abs pump all the way back,and the proportioning valve. The lines cuddle up to the gas tank on the way by,.15 year old quick disconnect fuel lines , don't.
of course the tank was full,..

Yes, I had to do repair kits on the quick connectors.