MDchanic

PROBLEM SOLVED - SEE BELOW


As above.

I've done the internet searching, and just got back from NAPA, where they ordered me every fuel sock they had that was close, and nothing was right (the closest one has a 10 or 11mm inlet, instead of the ⅜" I need).

It's a "right angle" or "horizontal" sock, with a thimble that makes a tight fit on the ⅜" pickup tube, GM #5651852, fits all B- and C-bodies 1967-1974.

Someone has to make these, but I can't seem to find one, and I'd rather not put my tank back together without it.



Any ideas?

Thanks,

- Eric

76 Regency

jaunty75

I looked for one of these when I was trying to salvage the fuel tank sending unit on my '67 Delta, and I had no luck, either. The one on my '67 is very similar in appearance to this one.

I've seen your various threads on here as you're trying to piece together replacement parts for your car's current sending unit, and I kind of wonder why you're killing yourself this way. Even if you are successful, you'll end up with a cobbled-together unit that might fail 15 minutes after you get it installed in the tank and the tank back on the car. If this was an easily-gotten-at part, it would make sense to try to make due with a rebuilt unit as you can easily troubleshoot it if it doesn't work or doesn't work right. But there is no comfortable way to get at a balky sending unit short of draining and dropping the tank, and that is no picnic in anyone's book.

I know new ones cost some money, but not that much. Rockauto has them for this car for $50 plus shipping. Put one in, and you'll have a brand new one that'll likely last another 40 years before it needs replacing. That's worth a few bucks.

MDchanic

It's a matter of principle - this is a minimal-investment car, and I'm trying to get the most bang for the least buck with each thing I fix.


True, but the car will have disintegrated around it many years earlier.

This is a POS rustbucket, and it's a matter of art to try to get all of the parts to fail at exactly the same time.

Besides, the sender works fine - it just reads a couple of notches high, which I can live with.
It's just that I'd rather have a functional intake filter on it, and I can't make one of those, the way I can some other things.

Incidentally, I think I may have found one - it's a Delco TS 1012 (or maybe the TS 1015) - I've got to go to the auto parts store and see.

- Eric

jaunty75

I remember when I was trying to locate one for my '67. The guy at the parts counter pulled off the shelf practically every sock filter he had in the store that might have had the slightest chance of fitting, and he went through all of his catalogs, but no luck. Maybe you'll have better luck.

MDchanic

Hey, if I can't find one, I'll buy a whole sender.

But I gotta try...

- Eric

MDchanic

Problem solved.

AC Delco Part #TS1012 (GM#25055272).

I's a bit shorter, but the thimble is ⅜", and the overall format is correct.

It also has a nifty override valve in the back, which opens under suction from the pump in case the sock skims over with slime.

Anyone with a ⅜" pickup with a 90° fuel sock can use this.

Herewith, several photographs:















- Eric

MDchanic

This post holds the remaining two photos.

Kennybill

Nice find! I'll keep that in mind. The "big" girls are so much harder to shop for. Thanks, Ken

jaunty75

Cool.

How much?

MDchanic

$20 on Amazon, including 2-day shipping.

A bit steeper than I'd have wanted, but a lot better than $70-80 from RockAuto (including shipping) or AdvanceAuto.
And it's got that neat bypass valve .

- Eric

jaunty75

Not bad.