Re: IML: 1961 Sending Unit Replacement

[Brooks Harkey <vm.dude@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I, too, have a '61 and had to replace the sending unit.  I've remained 
silent on this whole sending unit thing, but here's what I did, and it 
worked for me.

First, I ordered a new sending unit from JC Whitney.  You can probably 
get them 100 other places, maybe even local auto supplies.  In the JC 
Whitney catalog, I had to specify Ford, GM, or Chrysler.  Or maybe I had 
to choose "Ford or GM" and I chose Ford.  Anyway, when it arrived, it's 
a generic one, as in, if I were building a gas tank.  It is all ready to 
fasten down to the top of the tank with screws, and that's not the 
mounting procedure for these sending units.

At that point, I took the old sending unit, took it apart, took apart 
the new sending unit, used what I needed, took 2 and made one, and 
voila! it works fine for me.

What usually goes wrong is the stuff in the little "container" -- the 
wiper arm and the coil rust away.  I don't remember the details of what 
I did now, whether any soldering was involved, or what I did -- but I 
made it work.  And on the "cheap" (I think I paid in the $15-25 range 
for the generic sending unit.

Hope that helps.

--Brooks in Dallas


JosephStil@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Speaking of this sort of problem.....
>
> I have the fuel tank on the big red sled removed to be cleaned.  After looking at the condition of the sending unit, there is a middlin' to high chance I will have to replace it.  The condition of the fuel tank was very bad and it is at the radiator shop now gettin' a good cleanin'.
>
> Does anyone have a bead on where I can get a replacement sending unit?  I have been searchin' the catalogues and eBay and the like but haven't found one for her year.
>
> Is it a situation where this unit needs to be replaced?  Or can the components (sock filter, float, etc.) be repaired/remanufactured?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks everyone!!
>
> Joe
> 1961 Crown Southampton
>
>  




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