The Fuel Link is the interface between the fuel level sending unit in the gas tank and the Classic Instruments fuel level gauge. The attachment was straightforward with two bolts clamping the Fuel Link to the strut. However, I decided to help dampen vibrations by placing a rubber spacer between the fuel link and the strut. I had just replaced an innertube on my mountain bike and realized that the innertube rubber would make a nice spacer so I cut a section out of the ruined tube, made a template of the area of the Fuel Link, cut two pieces of rubber from the tube section and glued them together to get a spacer of the thickness that I wanted. As you can see in the photo, the placement worked well.
My next step was to calibrate the Fuel Link. Basically, the Fuel link and gauge are powered up and the signal wire from the fuel level sending unit is attached to the Fuel Link as is the gauge. There are several ‘translation’ settings to select from that correspond to the specific sending unit. However, I went to attach the wires and discovered that the terminal block, the green piece in the photo, had been soldered on backwards at the factory. No problem, I thought, the gauges are warrentied for 7 years. I called Classic Instruments and relayed my tale of woe. It turns out that the Fuel Link is only warrentied for one year and my unit was older than that. I argued that the problem was clearly a manufacturing defect and that the Fuel Link was exactly the same design configuration now as when I bought it. No luck!! I now need to order a new one.