stuck fuel float !!

[kane-o]

hey guys i have a 95 champ 171, with a 75 horse 3 cyl, 2 stroke... i filled up the gas on the boat and it overfilled, spilling gas all over the place. and once on the water i noticed the fuel guage was WAY PAST THE FULL MARK, and indicator was facing about 5 o'clock instead of about 2 o'clock on a full tank... and it wont move now.... any one know how to fix the float on in the tank ?? or do i need a new fuel guage ? i can post pictures if needed... HELP !! thanks bbc

[ChampioNman]

Just need to pull the sender out of the tank and reset the float on the sending arm.

[183elite]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by ChampioNman &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Just need to pull the sender out of the tank and reset the float on the sending arm. </td></tr></table>

what he said.

[kane-o]

is that the assembly on top of the tank ? i would post up pictures but not sure how to do it ? if i can get your home e-mail i could mail you pictures of the top of my gas tank and the fuel assembly and wiring.. thank you championman

[ChampioNman]

E-mail is in our profiles just click on the left where the avatars are. But to save you all that time on top of the tank you'll see two wires a pink in the center and a black for ground on the side of the sender. You'll need to remove all the screws that attach it to the tank. Pull the ground wire off and the pink wire off the center post. It will lift straight up and then you may have to put it at a angle to get it out the rest of the way. Pretty easy.

[kane-o]

THANK YOU !!

[champ1264]

Or you could just go for a joy ride, burn some fuel and the float might release itself....

[kane-o]

got it fixed, it turned out the needle on the fuel guage was stuck !! a couple of bangs and it works fine now... well after tearing out the fuel float and removing my dash to get to the guage... about 1 1/2 hours and good as new... thanks guys for the input