Conference vmsnet::car$note:carbuffs

    
    On Saturday, after a long day of helping friends move, my '93 Nissan
    Truck would not start. A little T/S pointed to fuel problems. On
    a hunch, I knelt down beside the fuel tank and felt around the
    fuel sender unit. Found a disconnected wire, with only remnants
    of what used to be a connector of some type. I went back in the 
    morning expecting to have to drop the gas tank on these peoples
    driveway. Once actually under the truck, I would see where the wire
    connected. It appears to be almost a small metal wafer to which some
    type of connector was somehow attached. As the view/position was
    bad [and I was cold] I really wasn't able to see what I had
    to work with. I ended up slipping down to RadioShack and picking
    up some test leads w/ alligator clips.This got me home, and has
    kept the truck on the road. Nissan informs me I can't just buy a
    connector.
    Nissan wants to sell me a complete SENDER unit and charge me HUNDREDS
    of dollars. [yeah right!] I'm not sure the best fix. I'm thinking
    of crimping on an o-ring onto the wire, drilling a small hole into the 
    wafer and using a small brass screw to connect the o-ring/wire. 
    Has anyone been down this road before? Advise welcome :-) 
    
    mike

if the cause is really corrosion, be careful what metals you use
when reattaching the wire.  each place where different metals
come in contact will corrode. one metal will accumulate deposits
and one will be eaten away. if you have to have different metals,
make the wire side be the one that gets eaten away, and preserve the
tank.  i don't recall which x eats y eats z, but look up electromotive 
series in any chemistry book.