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    Boring Aluminum Fuel tank for sending unit???

     



    I will be needing to bore a hole in my gas tank for the sending unit. Is there a way to keep the metal bits from falling into the tank, or if not how can I get them out after drilling?
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    A vacuum cleaner with a small nozzle works good, followed by lots of rinsing and blow drying before installing the sending unit
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    upside down and let gravity do it

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton
    upside down and let gravity do it
    I would do that except it is bolted down pretty tight. I had hoped to do this without taking it out.
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    Pressurize the tank with compressed air while you use a hole saw and the chips will blow out

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    Some grease one the outer and inner edge of the hole saw will catch a lot of it.

    I had to enlarge the sending unit hole in mine to a bigger sender. After the hole was drilled I used a wad of masking tape wrapped stickey side out around the end of a coathanger. Worked great.

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