gas tank ground wire?

I don't think there was one. There's a clip that clips onto the sender outlet, jumps over the rubber connector hose, and clips to the fuel line going up front. That is "supposed" to ground the thing.

I'd just use small fuel hose clamp on the sender outlet, clamp a wire to that and ground it to the body.

The little clip deal works as long as things are clean. That ground trick of yours is genius. Stupidsimplesofrickenobviouswhydidn'tIeverthinkofit genius. Thank you for that tip.