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On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 10:13, Daniel Baum wrote: > Hi all, > > A couple of years ago, when I was first working on my car's wiring, I > clumsily broke of the electrical terminal on my fuel sender. I was able > to solder a wire onto it and it has worked ever since. > > Today my soldered wire fell off, and I am wondering what to do. The idea > of soldering something that is full of fuel is not appealing, espeically > if I have to redo it periodically. How about gluing it? Is epoxy glue > (or superglue, or anything else) conductive? > > Failing this, does anyone have a 12V fuel sender in known good condition? > I don't have a sender, but just pull the unit out of the tank while soldering it. We have done some experimenting at work, and epoxy or glue does not conduct electricity. ;=( Not even JB weld, the metal filled one. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org