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Old 04-07-2020, 09:38 AM   #48
JSeery
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Default Re: reliable fuel gauge? anyone?

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Originally Posted by G.M. View Post
Go and look at Speed way's site. There are three brand new Ford senders
that look exactly like the senders in the 5 old Fords we fixed or replaced
the senders in last week. These were all the type with the resister down
in the tank, they read from 0 to 33 ohms from threaded stud on top to the round mounting plate that screws to the opening on top of the tank. G.M.
That's what I was trying to get straightened out, these are reproduction units, all you can get these days. These are not anything Ford ever put in a vehicle, Ford used what you refer to as the "bellow" units made by King Seely. These were used by Ford from the mid 1930 clear up to the late 1980s. I would guess because they are much more difficult to produce most replacement units from fairly early on were the resistance units. Today that is all there is. They work sorta of, but not nearly as well as the original Ford K-S senders.

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