Fuel Sending Unit & Fuel Filler Hose

Khan,

You will need to remove the side glass for the fuel sender removal.

John

I have never removed glass from the car before. Is this a difficult procedure to remove and reinstall? Any tips?

Khan.
If it hasen't been removed ever, it will be a little more difficult but it's pretty easy.
Just imagine that the window has a "U" shaped gaket on the backside. The body lip fits inside the gasket. Pull the lip of the gasket towards the center of the window from the inside at one corner, while pushing on the window. It helps if someone is pulling from the outside at the same corner. As you pull that corner out, move along along and move the gasket lip towards the center of the window and the window will pop out. Again, easier if someone is helping you pull from the outside.
Will

I've removed and reinstalled the sending unit without removing the glass before, but it is definitely easier with the glass out.
Good luck!

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Originally posted by 4NHOTROD:
Khan.
If it hasen't been removed ever, it will be a little more difficult but it's pretty easy.
Just imagine that the window has a "U" shaped gaket on the backside. The body lip fits inside the gasket. Pull the lip of the gasket towards the center of the window from the inside at one corner, while pushing on the window. It helps if someone is pulling from the outside at the same corner. As you pull that corner out, move along along and move the gasket lip towards the center of the window and the window will pop out. Again, easier if someone is helping you pull from the outside.
Will

Did you remove the crome moulding first before removing the window? If so, tips on removing it without damaging the part?

It all comes out as one piece. (window ,gasket and chrome trim)

Ron

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Originally posted by Khan Smith:

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Originally posted by 4NHOTROD:
Khan.
If it hasen't been removed ever, it will be a little more difficult but it's pretty easy.
Just imagine that the window has a "U" shaped gaket on the backside. The body lip fits inside the gasket. Pull the lip of the gasket towards the center of the window from the inside at one corner, while pushing on the window. It helps if someone is pulling from the outside at the same corner. As you pull that corner out, move along along and move the gasket lip towards the center of the window and the window will pop out. Again, easier if someone is helping you pull from the outside.
Will

Did you remove the crome moulding first before removing the window? If so, tips on removing it without damaging the part?

FWIW, Khan, once the rear quarter window is out, you can push the glass out of the gasket, then replace the chrome-trimmed frame back into the car. The missing glass does nothing to the aerodynamics of the car as the boundary layer doesn't notice there's no glass- just like the Maserati Merak. And it makes servicing the fuel tank top and cleaning the back window much easier, plus dropping around 6 lbs of weight. Both windows come out identically- push only. An occasional Pantera will have the metal 'gill' overhang the rubber gasket so that gill might need to be loosened or removed.
You'll likely find that the tank fitting and the outside gas filler spout on your '74 are horribly misaligned. There is no easy way to R & R this short little hose but be very sure the replacement hose is marked "For Fuel Use" or you'll be smelling gas in the cockpit within a year. I pull the outside spout out a ways through the door grommet to get the new hose on the tank, then push the spout back into the open end, with a little WD-40 on the hose to ease things along. It's just a wrestling match. I wouldn't use clear racing hose unless you cut a short piece off and soak it in gas for a month with zero damage resulting. Oxygenated gas sold these days attacks EVERYTHING plastic, and racing stuff is not normally used long-term. The connecting hose nearly always cracks underneath so you cannot see the problem.

Hi new to the forum so not sure if I should have starts a new discussion. I have a GT5 with the 'ears' fitted. I am looking for a replacement sender and want to know if it can be removed from the tank by feeding it through the ducting hole or do I need to totally remove as with points raised about removing the side glass. John from UK