tank level sensor

Should be good. It's been that way from the beginning. I took out my sender and the plastic wasn't covered. I could see all the guts. Just got a replacement sender/fuel unit.
Ken

You'll be OK, Uli. Liquid gasoline is not flammable- only the vapor is. EFI systems have an electric motor running submerged in liquid gasoline at the bottom of the tank, which acts as a silencer and coolant for the hot-running, high-speed DC pump motor.

Note: if you now have a '71-72 fuel sender, only the later '73-up sender is currently available (with a fuel outlet built in), but it will fit all Panteras with no problems. The extra outlet can be capped if you have an early tank, or used as a fuel return for EFI.

The float and plastic cover for the sender's potentiometer also interchange early-to-late year cars. Be careful flexing the potentiometer's long steel wire float arm while installing- it is hardened and will easily crack at the bend going into the plastic sender box. There is no practical repair.

thank you guys. there is no seal between the sender head and the tank. Assume there is a little conus. regards
Uli

Uli- there is- or should be- a round synthetic rubber gasket between the sender and the tank to contain splash leaks. They're cheap and available from all the U.S vendors and probably from Roland Jaeckel in Germany at detomaso@gmx.com.

Hi Bosswrench, you are right. the seal was such fixed that I didn't notice it. by installing again I noticed that the cover is round. Hope to have mounted in the right position, so that the sender will not touch the tank, uff, I would ensure this position before re-mounting. Jäckel asked for a 330 EURO for the sender. I believe I will move in the tank level sender business...
thanks,
Uli

Roland's parts are top notch and usually original De Tomaso. A cars value is made up of the sum of the parts, so as Pantera values go up so do parts cost.

Wilkinson tooled up and had some reproduction fuel senders made, I think he was selling them for about $185 initially.

A Fiat X-19 fuel sender is very similar and was being used as an alternative, but the X-19 is probably rarer than a Pantera one right now!

I bought one of Wilkinson's. Yes it was something like $180-200.

It works fine. The only issue with it is that you need to calibrate the float rod to coinside with the reading on the gauge.

The one that I got, as recieved was wrong.

That is actually not a big issue. You bend the wire arm until the gauge reads approximately right.

Plan on taking out the glass window on that side to do this install. It will make it very easy to do.

Plan on taking out the glass window on that side to do this install. It will make it very easy to do.[/QUOTE]

I do it several times whitout taking out the glass window .

Last time I pay arround €200,- for a brand new sender +gasket on Roland.
Simon