Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

[JaSla74]

Greetings all. Picked up a Hurricane deckboat a few weeks back & I have a few odds & ends that need to be tidied up. One is the sending unit. The gauge read is dead & I can see a red wire clearly labeled 'fuel send', but it's not hooked up. Problem is I'm not sure where to attach it. It looks like there might be a missing pole just north of the ground, but can't say for sure. Below are a few pics. Let me know what you make of it. Thanks

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[NYBo]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

That sending unit looks like a mechanical unit with no electrical hookup. The ground is there for safety purposes only, if I'm right.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

That sending unit looks like a mechanical unit with no electrical hookup. The ground is there for safety purposes only, if I'm right.

Ayuh,... It sure Appears that you Are Right,...

'n I donno's that's a Ground wire, or a Bonding wire, which is sorta the same, but not,....
The entire fuel system needs to be Bonded to the block, 'n hull,...
Though I do see a green wire in there, which is a Bondin' wire color,...

 

[JaSla74]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

Hmmm... That would be odd. Wonder if the boat never came with an electric sending unit, or the PO went through the trouble of replacing with a mechanical.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

Hmmm... That would be odd. Wonder if the boat never came with an electric sending unit, or the PO went through the trouble of replacing with a mechanical.

Donno, but if You want the electric gauge to work,... Yer gonna be changin' it,...

 

[JaSla74]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

Donno, but if You want the electric gauge to work,... Yer gonna be changin' it,...

Aye I reckon I will. Probably no time soon though.

 

[NYBo]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

Ayuh,... It sure Appears that you Are Right,...

'n I donno's that's a Ground wire, or a Bonding wire, which is sorta the same, but not,....
The entire fuel system needs to be Bonded to the block, 'n hull,...
Though I do see a green wire in there, which is a Bondin' wire color,...

Yes a bondo, er, bonding wire, not a ground.

 

[cjjjdeck]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

I'm not sure if this helps as you're getting responses from all the members I would welcome responses from; there are a few members from the Hurricane Owners forum that had fuel sender issues with a similar sender. It seems some models of earlier Hurricane models used conversion capsules to operate remote fuel gauges. Although your picture shows just a gauge, maybe it had something similar to this from Moeller Marine that iboats sells:

Moeller Conversion Capsule 035760-10

 

[Fun Times]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

Sure looks like someone has added that sending unit in place of the original fuel sender. The pink wire normally connects to a center stud held with a nut. What year and model is the boat?

 

[JaSla74]

Re: Fuel Sending Unit on Hurricane Deckboat

You guys are indeed correct. Talked to the PO & it turns he replaced with a mechanical. Thanks for the quick resolve.

Next item I'll post on will be the live well. Hopefully that pump won't be mechanical