Fuel Gauge Inop

This has been discussed so many times.
Agreed
Aftermarket fuel sending units, unless you are willing to do the meter match thing, the new sending units are junk.
also agreed, BUT OP has a unique situation and he has done a lot of testing to find the cause.

Not saying it is not his sender ( range issue) but he tried 2 with the same result (don't know if they are the same manufacturer)