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67-68 big car fuel tank sender NEEDED..............
I need a useable a/c style fuel tank sender (or rebuildable core) for my 68 GP. I'm not looking forward to traveling cross country to the POCI National Covention in Dayton OH w/o a working fuel gauge.
I bid on a NOS unit on Ebay that was sold for $395 . Someone wanted it more than me (was that you Mike P. ?). Thanks for any info/ leads, Les
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Les Iden ---------------------------- '65 Buick Sport Wagon Custom, 340, T350, 3:23 '66 GTO Post/468, 700R4, 3.31 (Mike's as of 9-16) '68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold) '72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16) '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed '09 Torrent GXP, nav, Sun & Sound pkg., Bilsteins |
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Les, have a look at this thread. Two people are recommended to do repairs on these. Joe.
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...it+repair+ohio |
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Thanks for the info.........
Thanks for the link: I remember that thread and I have talked to Jack Marcheski about rebuilding my original unit. I was hoping to locate a rebuildable core to send to Jack so that I could just switch sending units when I drop the tank.
Les
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Les Iden ---------------------------- '65 Buick Sport Wagon Custom, 340, T350, 3:23 '66 GTO Post/468, 700R4, 3.31 (Mike's as of 9-16) '68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold) '72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16) '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed '09 Torrent GXP, nav, Sun & Sound pkg., Bilsteins |
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Oops! I missed your note about the core. I should have figured your intent.
Joe |
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Les,
I don't know what your storage space situation is, but I'll bet that you have the sender back in 3 days!
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Les, I e-mailed you earlier. I will also keep an eye open for you if I go back out to the yards soon. Pat
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Does anyone have the contact details for this Jack Marcheski, my sending unit is also acting up.
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Jack Marcheski, 100 Dry Creek Rd., Hollister, CA 95023-5166. His phone number is 831 637-3453. He doesn't have a web site.
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Jack advertises in Hemmings under "Services Offered".
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Finally getting around to replacing my sending unit and after some research, years 67 and 68 used a canister type, not your typical floating arm type. Contacted Jack but he only rebuilds the floating arm type. I'd like to stick with with the original type and not deviate to the floating arm. I know no-one will ever be able tell...perhaps being a pedantic here!!
Any other suggestions as to who can rebuild these canister types? |
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There is a '68 GP and a Bonneville in a local yard if you need a replacement.
Also I am going down to my parts cars tomorrow and pulling two sending units from '69's, will those work or is it a different style? |
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Use Jack.......
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Jack's conversion works as GM intended .
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Les Iden ---------------------------- '65 Buick Sport Wagon Custom, 340, T350, 3:23 '66 GTO Post/468, 700R4, 3.31 (Mike's as of 9-16) '68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold) '72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16) '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed '09 Torrent GXP, nav, Sun & Sound pkg., Bilsteins |
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FWIW, the sending unit in my 67 GP's original tank is the floating arm type. I bought another tank because my original was dented up, and the donor tank had the canister type in it. I put my original floating arm type in the replacement tank. My car is an A/C car. Could that be the difference? A/C vs. non-A/C application?
Alan |
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Alan,
If I am correct the A/C and 428 cars have got a fuel return line whereas the others do not. I am wondering if those cars with the return line use the canister where the others could use the arm? Just a thought, Harry
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i need a tank and sending unit for my 69 catalina, its an a/c 400 car. it too has a canister sending unit. the 68 bonneville i recently parted out was an a/c car also, but had a swing arm floater in it. i can not swap the two because 1 is a large hole, and the other is a small hole. the canister bolts in and the 68 has the ring. i would swap the whole assembly since its only a driver, but the 68 doesn't have a return/vent line like the 69 canister one does. what should i do? anybody reasonably close by with a 69 canister type unit and tank with a return line for sale? thanks, oren
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763557...in/photostream Sorry I only took 4 photos of the unit while rebuilding it. I was able to get my unit to work again by using a little CLR on the canister and float, then sanded the calcified rust off the float with 1500, 2000 grit sand paper, (sounds like GM used a lot of different suppliers during this era, Mine didn't have internal rubber bumpers to swell) The rubber spacer on the bottom of the tank I carved out of a piece of butyl rubber to replace the damaged one then added a new sock filter from Paragon Corvette supply item number 14487 not exactly the same as original but, it's got the correct 5/16" diameter and holds the entire assembly together. I removed the vertical lip and it snaps on the pickup with a light tap of a hammer. Last edited by DARKITEC; 05-11-2011 at 03:19 AM. |
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Slightly off topic, but how did you determine it was your sending unit and not your gage?
Mine gage fluctuates between 1/4 and empty but that does not seem to be based on the amount of fuel in the tank. I am just starting the process of trouble shooting the cause, but I am pretty sure mine is the gage. I would be interested in the process you used to test yours. Best Harry
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That's who rebuilt my sending unit. They did a great job on it. I was impressed it came back so nice.
My GP is both a 428 and and A/C car, and has the fuel return line. Still not sure why it has the arm type sending unit instead of the canister type. Alan |
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