Thanks,
I have totally cleaned the seats and carpeting came out decent except for the cigarette burns on the seats, they look great. There is some extra material I could harvest from the rear seat and perhaps with some fabric glue repair the holes.
I will check out the Pep boys idea. And I may just crimp together some connectors and using some silicone sealant attach them into the sending unit.
I bought this car on Ebay, drove to Newburgh, New York from Norfolk, VA to pick it up. I dont think I would have bought this car If I had seen it in person. But I have been plesantly surprised, the engine is in perfect mechanical shape, the transmission was replaced and the entire rear axle assembly was also replaced with salvaged used parts.
So far I have spent $250 in parts for a car I bought for $850. The latest disaster is the forward exhaust pipe has cracked the weld open where the Catalytic converter joins a cast iron ring. This of course happened because the anti rotator mounts are too weak and flexed the pipe. I plan on simply welding or brazing this back together. I had to drive it back with the trans bumping the frame. And the wheel bearing roaring. Should take another 1 to 2 weeks to get this car back in good shape for the road. I really like the 4 cylinder zetec, 33 MPG and decent power. I easily accelerated upto 80 plus mph.
I wont even consider a V6, too tight to work on and I bought this car for the economy, not because I want to zoom around.
