[Patina Tiger]

Understandable the concern, re thought this since reading.

The tar pad broke in to several pieces. In my stash of packaging materials I found a roll of thin closed cell foam with a blue liner backing, probably 3/16" to 1/4" thick, quite dense and durable, (this is used to wrap new car bumpers and some body panels). Dropped the tank again, measured the tar pad dimensions onto the foam and cut to size. Reinstall. Kept the harness unplugged while the key was in the accessory position to get the gauge needle back to full, replug and . . . A-Ok! So yeah, a detailed cleaning the sending unit was needed. That was the last test to confirm that the sending unit was functional. Tank is secure and padded from the under body.

Alex