1969 Delta 88 Fuel Sending Unit
#1
1969 Delta 88 Fuel Sending Unit
I am looking for a fuel sending unit for a 1969 Delta 88 Custom w/ 455 cid. Does any one know where I can find one and or if there is a cross reference to another GM model's send unit that would be compatible?
Thanks,
Thanks,
#2
I think the fuel sending unit was the same regardless of engine. Anyway, I needed a sending unit for my '67 Delta 88, and they're not made new. I found that one for a '72 Delta 88 would fit. I put it in and it works fine.
Autozone has them, and I'm guessing any other auto parts store does, too. rockauto.com also has them.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par.../N-iptn1Z8vdfx
Autozone has them, and I'm guessing any other auto parts store does, too. rockauto.com also has them.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par.../N-iptn1Z8vdfx
#5
But the gauge steadies out when the car is in steady motion or standing still, so you can read the fuel level, and, to my mind, this movement of the needle is a very small price to pay in exchange for a working fuel gauge. No, it's not perfect, but it works, and given that exact replacements of the canister-style sending unit are not made new and NOS ones on ebay can cost upwards of $500, this is the way to go.
Enjoy the fact that you now know how much fuel is in the tank and get on with life!
#6
Thanks for the info, is the only way to get a steady reading is to replace the tank or purchase a canister sending unit. Do you know of or ever heard of someone rebuilding the canister-style sending unit?
#7
There are 2 trains of thought on this issue. Are they really wide swings in what the gauge is reading as the car is moving? My take is all the old cars gas gauges fluctuate about an 1/8 of a tank. As long as the gauge is moving, I know there is fuel in there. They also are not an accurate measurement of fuel level due to the shape of the tank. Some gauges will ride on full for a long time and then suddenly drop like a rock to 1/2. I never let it drop below a 1/3 because these old fuel gauges tend not to be accurate below a 1/4. If you can live with it, I'd move on to something else to be concerned with.
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or purchase a canister sending unit.
Do you know of or ever heard of someone rebuilding the canister-style sending unit?
As oldcutlass says, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. You now have a working gas gauge. It's time to stop obsessing about it and move on the car's next problem.
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