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oldtrucker63
Aug 05, 2011Explorer
skimask wrote:I found a sending unit in a old dodge truck and cut my old one into and built one good sender Because I could not find one to fit my tank, So I cut the top off from mine and the bottom from another and put then together to make a good sender, Just used small hose clamps to hold a ground wire from top to bottom and used solder also, The clamps was just to make sure the wire never comes lose, The bunk I cut that out like that, It had the piece that you take out, I never liked that so I just cut it the way I wanted it to be, It makes a little less room up on the bunk but that's OK with us, After I finish the interior that curve will look good, And never have to move a board to stand up.
trucker - Where did you get your fuel level sender rebuilt? I don't remember any of what you said you had done to yours or how much it cost or anything.
I thought I could get away with a flange/adapter/gasket combination, but apparently not. Found the whole thing seeping this afternoon after about being installed about a week ago. Could be as simple as using bad gasket material...but may as well get the original rebuilt and do it right.
EDIT:
Another question... Was you cab-over area originally "notched" like that, notched like as in you can almost stand straight up from the drivers seat, like right behind the doghouse?
Mine isn't notched, and since I remove a lot of old wood from that area tonight, I was pondering the idea of going nuts with the recip-saw and cutting a notch in there.
BTW - Did you get a good look at the rear edge of the cab where they cut the van body away to put on the "house"? The cut on mine is really REALLY rough and kinda bent here and there to make it fit however it'll fit. Kinda makes you wonder who was building these things back in the day (and what "medications" they were on at the time).
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