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MOTOBRICK MARKETPLACE => FS WTB WTT ~ Bikes ~ Parts ~ Gear => Topic started by: grinderman on July 19, 2015, 09:55:21 PM
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Just bought a 1987 K100LT that has been setting for 9 years. I am in need of the fuel pump pre filter, the mounting ring for the pump, and the fuel level sending unit, mine are trashed. Thanks :bmwsmile
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Napa #3032 on the fuel filter, MAX BMW for the fuel pump isolator and Beemer Bone Yard for the fuel sending unit.
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Thanks I will get a hold of them and see what they can do. :riding:
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I get my fuel filters from Beemer Boneyard
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Just bought a 1987 K100LT that has been setting for 9 years. I am in need of the fuel pump pre filter, the mounting ring for the pump, and the fuel level sending unit, mine are trashed. Thanks :bmwsmile
you can try soaking the fuel sender in vinegar with light abrading with a brass or stainless brush to resurrect it. it can be opened up too, to check the electrical function. you have nothing to lose. i tried it here
http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,5738.msg37144.html#msg37144
went a little too far as you will see but that bike didn't have a fuel gage so there was no loss.
Napa #3032 on the fuel filter, MAX BMW for the fuel pump isolator and Beemer Bone Yard for the fuel sending unit.
why max bmw? i'm a new guy too, and theirs is more expensive than others out there
euromotolectrics for instance
http://www.euromotoelectrics.com/BMW-K-Rubber-Vibration-Damper-16-12-1-464-628-p/fp-576damper.htm
i can't find the evidence right now but i though the euromotolectrics unit claimed to be more tolerant of ethanol in fuel that is pretty hard to avoid these days, not sure if the BMW part is or not.
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I got it partially cleaned, There is no float or wire to the float. I believe that old float is the gunk in the tank. so it's off to find a sender. This is getting ridiculous the fuel must have been in there for at least 10 years, that's how long the bike set. Pressure was the inside of the tank with a commercial cleaner, and see how it looks. Thanks. :dunno2:
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turns out i'm in a similar situation on the current bike, an 89 k100rs. gas ate through the gauge windings as well as the solder joints providing power to the fuel pump. le siiiiigh.
i think this one sat for about 12 years with gas in the tank.
anyway, good luck to us both! used is scarce, new isn't really that bad but still a hefty price.
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How much effort and expense is the fuel level stuff worth? The fuel level lights on my 85 are totally unreliable -- my favorite is when they light up just as I'm pulling out of the gas station -- I have always refueled based on the trip odo. Personally, I'd never put money or time into trying to make the fuel lights work.
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That's how I tell on my other bikes. I think I will remove the old sender from the plate and reinstall it. and refuel by the odo.
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i too usually go by the odometer but a fuel gage would be fun even if it lies. the low fuel light portion might be saveable
i have nothing to solder the power wire back onto is my problem. after this pic, i'll stop jacking your thread grinderman
(http://bayarearidersforum.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=2930&pictureid=19414)
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Wow yours looks worse than mine. you might screw in a jewelers screw into the old wire and solder a wire to it, might work you never know. My next thing is to make sure the speedo works, the joy of ownership :clap:
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That sender it TOTALLY shagged!! Time for a replacement. The resistive element is unusable in that state.
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I just checked mine and there seems to be a resistor in wire coming off the low fuel light sender not repairable .
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I had the same situation (gas in tank for 15+ years). The BMW dealer told me to use acetone to clean the tank, and it worked very well...just be patient. Water and acetone, 50/50, slow shake, rinse with medium pressure water, repeat :bmwsmile. Took all day but worked. I am renewing the entire system. The injector rail had debris in it as well...more acetone. The new sender from BMW was 130$. I am trying the injectors from Ebay, http://www.ebay.com/itm/201388267293?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Hope to try to start this Sunday...