installing gas gauge

rhino pig · #1 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 10:45 AM

has any one installed the sending unit in the tank with out removing it from the rhino? there is still some gas in it. i thought i could drill it and suck what falls on top of the gas with a shop vack. what do you think.

**AZCourt** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 12:01 PM

Be careful with the shop vac, they create lots od static, static sparks would be bad. If you use a hole saw and just go almost through, you can cut the last little but with a razor knife.

mike207 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 12:11 PM

x2 on the vac. Tons of static in those things.

tinman413 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009, 12:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by AZCourt

Be careful with the shop vac, they create lots od static, static sparks would be bad. If you use a hole saw and just go almost through, you can cut the last little but with a razor knife.

X2. That's what I did. I used a hole saw and RIGHT before going all the way through, I put a screw in the middle to hold the plastic circle and used a utility knife to cut it the rest of the way off. Much cleaner that way. Got that tip off of here also.