RE: Sending unit repair - long read

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They're not complicated, just delicate and easy to break, but I figure 
I'll have to replace a broken one anyway, so I might as well try to fix 
it first. I probably got lucky on the first 2 I did and now will %$#@ up 
every one I touch from now on!
Earl Helm wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> You are my hero. I have screwed up more sending units trying to fix them
> than 
> I would admit to. Old Dodge trucks and sending units just don't go 
> together.
> 
> Some day I will figure it out.
> 
> Earl
> 
> 
>     Thought I'd make a few comments about repairing fuel sending units since
> I just finished repairing my second one last week. I repaired the one in 
> my
> 64 Polara last year, but it was fairly easy since I was able to 
> re-solder
> the sweep arm back on. I bought a 65 Dart a few weeks ago with a dead 
> gas
> guage. There was almost no gas in it so I dropped the tank (broke the 
> J-bolt
> and had to weld a bolt to it and cut the head off). The Dart's guage was 
> a
> little different than the Polara's, but worked basically the same way.
>     The Dart has a small fiber board piece wrapped with very fine wire and
> riveted to a brass L-shaped bracket that bolts through the housing and
> attaches to the power wire. On mine, the rivet had broken and the board
> dropped into the tank. Once I retrieved it, I drilled out the rivet, 
> super
> glued the board to the L-bracket (making sure the other end of the board 
> sat
> in the slot made for it) put a finish nail ( a tiny bolt and nut would 
> work)
> through the hole, wrapped the wire around the nail, and soldered both 
> ends
> of the nail to hold it in place.
>     I took out a spare gas guage, used 3 triple "A" batteries taped together
> and wired the whole mess together. When power was applied the guage 
> climbed.
> I also had to drill a hole in the brass float to let out the gas that 
> had
> penetrated it from a small crack, then soldered the hole shut( be sure 
> to
> rinse it with a little water). When I reinstalled the tank and dumped in
> some gas, the guage worked! Freaking MIRACLE, if you ask 
> me...considering
> how flimsy the sending unit electricals are. 
> Make sure the sweep arm on the float contacts the wire when the float is
> raised. The whole thing is very simple, but very flimsy, and I have no 
> idea
> if it will last, but it's working right now and saved me $100! Wish I'd
> gotten some pics, but hindsight is always 20/20, right?
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Adams
> 64 Polara
> 
> 
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> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.