Finally getting to it!!! 1970 Duster 340
Hi George. Thanks for following my build. I was on Vacation last week. It felt good to get away from the work rat race and enjoy the surf and sand.
I bought a new fuel sending unit a while ago from a vender who claimed it was made by the original manufacturer.
As you can see from the side-by-side comparison, there is definitely an appearance difference in shape and placement of the rheostat. I cleaned up the original unit and bench tested it with my fuel gauge. Only minor tweeking of the endpoints was needed and the sender was linear. The repro unit wasn't even close and I doubt that I would ever be able to get it to be functional.
I swapped out the original brass float for the plastic float and it looks like the original will be going into my new fuel tank.
Hi George. Thanks for following my build. I was on Vacation last week. It felt good to get away from the work rat race and enjoy the surf and sand.
I bought a new fuel sending unit a while ago from a vender who claimed it was made by the original manufacturer.
As you can see from the side-by-side comparison, there is definitely an appearance difference in shape and placement of the rheostat. I cleaned up the original unit and bench tested it with my fuel gauge. Only minor tweeking of the endpoints was needed and the sender was linear. The repro unit wasn't even close and I doubt that I would ever be able to get it to be functional.
I swapped out the original brass float for the plastic float and it looks like the original will be going into my new fuel tank.