Was looking at the pickup/sender unit in my 1994 Ram2500 and had a thought. I know, some time's that can be a dangerouse situation

Is there just a top plate that will fit the opening in the top of the fuel tank? I would like to
setup my own pick up and sending unit. Here's the plan;

Drill Four holes. Two - one for pick up and other for fuel return. I will install a check valve to
prevent siphoning back to the tank. The other for fuel return. And one small one for the sender wires.

One bigger hole in the middle for a fuel level sending unit out of a semi truck tank. I drive a tanker and the sender was not working. I pulled It out to find out that these unit's are constructed in an aluminun tube that has a float that travels up inside the tube. These
are very strong and won't crap out like the stock units. When I find out what the ohm's are for stock I will be able to calibrate to the truck's fuel gauge.

If I still had some of my machining equipment I could make everything I would need. If I can't find a plate I might cut down the stock unit. It's bad and not working.

 

Sounds like a sweet idea to me. I'd be making the plate, surely you can find someone with the right tools... Nothing like making a truck "your own".

 

I guess I can fallback on the redneck lath (drill press).. I'm suprised no ones done this simple setup. Miss all my lath's, mill's...

 

why not leave the factory unit where it is for pickup and return and and look into an ISSPRO or a Centroid sending unit
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...light=centroid
refer to this thred to see what im talking about. its very thorough

 

Where the heck was that article when I replaced mine last month??!! I'll not be putting in an OEM one again when this one fails.

 

9812vram-My thought's exactly. I read the artical also. Simular to was I want to do. Just Junk the OEM unit and make one that's simple and will last. I'm taking measurments and collecting the part's. Will do a write up when finshed.

 

sry bout that guess one of us shud put that in the How To thread at the top of the forum. that thread is how i found this forum. i had fuel sender issues and the search engine i was using lead me here. so i joined. my problem turned out to be the contacts in the unit had lost thier tension. so after re tensioning them i was good to go. when the unit fails again i will replace w centroid unit. keep in mind that thread came out of the 24 valve forum and im pretty sure ohm reading for gauges are different.