Ebay fuel sender
June 9th, 2010, 03:58 PM
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Ebay fuel sender
Bought this off ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...%3DI%26otn%3D1
Looks good and the shipping was reasonable. It also included the fuel sock,gasket and float so I thought it was a good deal.
Turns out the tube is bent different from my original and is way too short.
Nothing I do on this car is easy!
I'm in the process of removing my old tube and swapping it to the new unit.
Off course while tacking the tube in with a mig , I blew thru the metal and now have a hole in it....more work!
I understand why some people own Chev's...you can walk into a Walmart and get the right parts off the shelf.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...%3DI%26otn%3D1
Looks good and the shipping was reasonable. It also included the fuel sock,gasket and float so I thought it was a good deal.
Turns out the tube is bent different from my original and is way too short.
Nothing I do on this car is easy!
I'm in the process of removing my old tube and swapping it to the new unit.
Off course while tacking the tube in with a mig , I blew thru the metal and now have a hole in it....more work!
I understand why some people own Chev's...you can walk into a Walmart and get the right parts off the shelf.
June 9th, 2010, 05:18 PM
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Thats half the fun 
of buying stuff , I've got a bunch of stuff I have purchased on ebay, from Fusick, OPG, Year One, Summit, local swap meets................ over the years sitting on a shelf that either did not fit or I changed my mind or it was a piece of crap, wrong part etc... Sometimes it cost's more to send it back than to throw it in the corner, but if you can make it work, great. You know I was thinking that maybe those dudes from American Pickers will stop by and buy all my valuable leftover junk.
of buying stuff , I've got a bunch of stuff I have purchased on ebay, from Fusick, OPG, Year One, Summit, local swap meets................ over the years sitting on a shelf that either did not fit or I changed my mind or it was a piece of crap, wrong part etc... Sometimes it cost's more to send it back than to throw it in the corner, but if you can make it work, great. You know I was thinking that maybe those dudes from American Pickers will stop by and buy all my valuable leftover junk.
June 9th, 2010, 08:52 PM
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I've been waiting for the right moment to buy a sending unit for mine - found this place a while back:
Classic Auto Parts
Wonder if they're any better than what you got...
Classic Auto Parts
Wonder if they're any better than what you got...
June 10th, 2010, 08:51 AM
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I've been waiting for the right moment to buy a sending unit for mine - found this place a while back:
Classic Auto Parts
Wonder if they're any better than what you got...
Classic Auto Parts
Wonder if they're any better than what you got...
The picture for the 53-56 on that page is exactly the same as my unit.
It looks really good. Seems to be of good quality but the tube is way different then my stock unit. I could have bent another line and flared the ends but that's just one more potential fuel leak!
June 10th, 2010, 08:56 AM
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I've had success with sending units bought from Fusick for my Oldsmobile cars. Good fit, correct gauge register/tank level, no leaks, fast shipping. They stand behind what they sell. I have sold sending units to Van's Auto Parts, perhaps the example you purchased was thought correct for your car when traded in or purchased by them - CW
I also asked Fusick about the fuel sender sock filter and they don't have them. The unit I bought had one with it.
June 20th, 2010, 01:46 AM
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argghhh!!
Can you believe I put it back together and not only does the sender read from 6-36 ohms instead of 0-30 (causing the fuel gauge to be wrong) it also had a gas leak.
Can you believe gas was leaking out of the post that the sender wire hooks to?
I ended up covering it in JB weld to stop the leak.
Can you believe I put it back together and not only does the sender read from 6-36 ohms instead of 0-30 (causing the fuel gauge to be wrong) it also had a gas leak.
Can you believe gas was leaking out of the post that the sender wire hooks to?
I ended up covering it in JB weld to stop the leak.
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