Submersible fuel pump and sender assembly

A vehicular fuel supply system, comprising;

• a fuel tank having a plurality of walls, a fuel pump assembly mounted in an opening in one of the fuel tank walls including a top plate adapted to be mounted over the tank opening, a frame connected to the top plate extending into the tank, a submersible fuel pump mounted on the frame having an outlet communicating with an outlet tube that extends through and is connected to the top plate, an inlet tube for returning fuel to the tank extending through and connected to the top plate, said frame supporting both the outlet tube and in the inlet tube, means for supporting the fuel pump assembly in another wall of the tank including an annular recess in said other wall, an annular plastic stop mounted on the end of the inlet tube and seated in the tank recess for preventing lateral movement of the inlet tube, said stop having an annular axially forwardly extending wall and a connecting frusto-conical flexible lip portion that engages the tank wall recess, said recess having a frusto-conical complementary shape, the plastic stop having a central sleeve receiving the end of the inlet tube, said sleelve having a plurality of radial slots therethrough so that the inlet tube may be pressed into the sleeve during assembly, a first elastomeric member between the top plate and the tank to seat the top plate to the tank, clamp means for clamping the top plate against the first elastomeric member, a second elastomeric member between the clamp means and the top plate for minimizing fuel pump vibration transmitted to the fuel tank, and a fuel level sender mounted on the fuel assembly frame for detecting fuel level and providing an electric signal proportional to fuel level in the tank means.