Remove aft tank fuel level sender - 43 Post

Is it possible to remove/replace the aft tank fuel level sender without having to cut an access hole in the cockpit floor? The sender on mine reads open so a replacement is in order.

Since I can track fuel burned at the helm from the engine computers I am considering a manual gauge that I can use to verify that the tank is filled when the computer calculated fuel quanity is added. The PO cut out the fuel sender wires under the helm and I havn't been able to locate the cut end.

Thanks

Thanks! Putting it on my spring work list (moved to marina for winter last weekend).

There are a couple interesting styles. One uses a 180 degree swing gear drive pivot so the rigid part of the sender is much shorter than the 90 degree swing arm units. The other has the pivot at the gauge head so only the slender float wire needs to be fed into the opening. The gauge opening is at the side of the tank, not very far from the opening for the fish well when the inserts are out so can enter the tank with the rod at a very shallow angle once the float itself is through the opening.