My BJ7 fuel sender, which is the original, has the screw terminal to the
back of the car and the float towards the front, which is exactly the
way that Rich Chrysler said.
Elton
On 4/15/2017 2:59 PM, Al Fuller wrote:
>
> All: does anyone know if the fuel tank sending unit for a BJ-8 that
> is being sold today has changed from what was original?
>
> After being stranded on the road having run out of gas while the gauge
> read ? full, I purchased a new unit from Moss Motors. After
> installing the unit, it didn't seem to correspond with what I thought
> was in the tank. I pumped the tank out, and it still reads ? full!
>
> Thinking I had maybe installed it in the wrong orientation, I found
> the following quote from Rich Chrysler. Being from Rich, I am
> assuming it is correct:
>
> The fuel sender is fitted with the screw terminal toward the back of the
>
> car, placing the float forward to the deepest and closest point to the
> pick
>
> up tube.
>
> Reading the above, it would follow that the sending unit would have
> the terminal at one end and the pick-up arm at the other. Problem is,
> this unit has them both on the same end. And, yes -- I could just
> turn it around so that the float is in the front, but that isn't
> solving the problem. It does read closer to empty, but not completely.
>
> This all raises the question: are these units being made differently
> now, or did I get the wrong unit shipped to me? See picture attached
> for an example of what I received.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Al Fuller
>
> al at bighealey dot org
>
> '65 BJ-8
>
> '85 Rx-7
>
>
>
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