JoaoCaldeira
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 09:07 PM |
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Riveting fuel sender
Hi.
Is there any reason for not riveting the fuel sender instead of using rivnuts?
Thanks,
Joao
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Arnie
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 09:08 PM |
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Its in there for good which doesn't matter too much but i had to change mine so then had to take it out so if you did it would cause problems
if u need to change it
If that makes sence
Tri
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planetester
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 10:14 PM |
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Remember that you dont want to drill rivets out once you have had fuel in the tank
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 11:24 PM |
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From the fire PoV it'd be ok if theyre ally rivets, but not Steel!!
From the swarf in your fuel system PoV, its Baaaaad.
Ed.
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
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nitram38
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 07:16 AM |
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Don't rivets leak ?
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smart51
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 07:21 AM |
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I don't expect to ever remove my fuel level sender. That said, I removed it to adjust it as it read zero with several litres of fuel still in
it. I could adjust it again becaust it never quite reads full. I trust the fuel filter to catch any swarf or debris in the tank but then the inner
end of a rivet is quite big in comparison with the fuel outlet pipe. I'd worry that it might cause a blockage.
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chockymonster
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 09:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nitram38
Don't rivets leak ?
Yep.
You want some o-ringed nut plates and some blind rivets.
Nut plates are usually used in airplane fuel tanks. When used with blind rivets there's no chance of a leak through the fixing.
Nut plates look like this.
 
Rescued attachment nut plates.jpg
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