fuel sending unit???

Thats the one I used , for some reason I have been thinking it was a 1967 model I had but just checked the invoice, 60-66, the picture they are using is incorrect. It is for a much deeper tank but the shape is the same, the line out is 3/8 instead of 5/16. At the time I bought it they were 35$ figured I could ruin a few for the cost of rebuilding one or finding a NOS. This was for a 1st gen.

I tore it apart and put it back together

The swing of the float arm is longer on the new unit compared to the old so it really needs to be re-centered after the tube is shortend. my arm with the float on it is only that short becasue my friend who welded it didnt wait for me to reset the distance , its fairly brittle stuff to bend and does break easily.

and a do-over would be to solder a sleeve instead of that union ,,that was a last ditch effort to save it on my part.

One may have to shorten the float arm also to get it to operate in the depth range of the tank to the sending unit, but it should at least be a little bit longer than what I am showing to make it easier to get in the tank, this fit but was tight I think, also you need a TIG to weld it together or maybe solder, I had a TIG available then, it is stainless steel tube, If welding make sure the current doesnt go thru the sending unit , it can burn up the board,its not easy just an option

It sure can be if your drop isnt rusted thru like mine was .

I adapted an Impala sending unit too but I did a lot of bending to make it fit. And this was not easy because I bought the larger steel tube. Go with the smaller diameter.

Here's my story and pictures: Here and then here.

It seems to work, but I haven't filled up the tank yet.

So did anyone with a 67'-70 chev. van use this sendinq unit with success?

Quantra Products

http://www.quantaproducts.com/product/83/6450/1/GAS-TANKS/G-Series-Van/1967-73-Chevrolet--GMC-Van/SUFG117A.aspx

BTW, my sending unit works! Very happy, after all my work on it.

I put the Quantra unit in my 67 and it seems OK. Only trouble was it wasn't lined up just right so the intake pipe isn't in the trench at the lowest point of the tank. I think if I looked into the tank through the fill port to see how it was lining up I could have bent it into a better alignment. When the tank is empty it regesters about a 1/4 full.

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Between ordering other parts to resurrect my '68, I've been searching and trying to find out what would be the best choice for a new sender unit.

PMed Kakster and he had generally good opinion of it. How about you guys? Anything else to note beyond having to do some bending?

There is also this unit at the semi-local rod place. It is Taiwanese though, not sure if that makes a diff at this point.

When I had the 70 No Door, I had to repair the fuel pickup, the sender was fine but the line rusted at the top of te tank and was sucking air.

Sorry, no pics- but here's what I did:

I measured up the total length of the tube, and bought a length of steel fuel line about a foot longer, and the using a tubing bender matched all the bends.
I the cut the line off at the mount and drilled out the remaining bit of tube in the mounting plate. I then slipped the plate over the tube. I cut off the excess length of tube and used a flaring tool to put a bell mouth on the end of the tube to help retain the rubber line. I then cut the section of original pickup tube with sender, cut a slit in the tube and 'snapped' it over my new line. Once I had it positioned, I soldered it in place. The then positioned the line in the plated and soldered that in place.

That worked out quite well. If you sender was bad and you could get a matching ohm rating from another pickup, this fab would work as well.

That's a bit much fabbing for these days. I'd rather just get a sender, cut as needed, strap together with immersion grade tube and be on my way.

Xelmon wrote:That's a bit much fabbing for these days. I'd rather just get a sender, cut as needed, strap together with immersion grade tube and be on my way.

Maybe, bur the cost was just the length of tube and a half hour of my time.


I'm a cheap sumgun

Definitely true... I'll keep it mind.