Fuel Sending Unit?

[akbound]

My gas gauge was acting more like a speedometer and then I ran out of gas with it reading 1/2 tank. (I found out it was out of gas after pulling the fuel pump beside the road and discovering it was not the problem..luckily it was 65 degrees here).

Is it the sending unit?

Thanks!

 

[tunedportk5]

I'm having a problem with my gauge sticking

 

[78blazaer]

My fuel gauge bounces way too much. The fuel guage only stops bouncing when I am complete almost out of fuel. I suspect that my fuel sending unit is bad too. I went to my local dealer but he wants the number off the old sending unit. If you find out where to get one. Please post for everyone to read.

 

[tunedportk5]

My fuel gauge bounces way too much. The fuel guage only stops bouncing when I am complete almost out of fuel. I suspect that my fuel sending unit is bad too. I went to my local dealer but he wants the number off the old sending unit. If you find out where to get one. Please post for everyone to read.

got my tank and sending unit for my TPI swap here
http://www.quantaproducts.com/home.asp
or LMC truck parts it looks cheaper
http://www.quantaproducts.com/home.asp

 

[73K5Kid]

sending unit

I got my sending unit from Clark's auto parts. They had the best price and fast shipping. Real nice customer service. Here is their site.

http://66.155.8.237/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CAP&Category_Code=SU

 

[73k5blazer]

My fuel gauge bounces way too much. The fuel guage only stops bouncing when I am complete almost out of fuel. I suspect that my fuel sending unit is bad too. I went to my local dealer but he wants the number off the old sending unit. If you find out where to get one. Please post for everyone to read.

If your fuel gauge is bouncing alot, it's probably your gauge, not the sending unit. The gauge is what smooths out the spikes, not the sending unit.
Gauge is easier than sending unit to replace too!

 

[dyeager535]

I'll second that about the gauge causing the bouncy issue.

Had a bouncy gauge in my truck, thought it was the sender, no biggie, had to change to TBI sender anyway. Swapped them, same problem. Checked all the wiring, nothing left but the gauge, and that was the problem.

The senders can be rebuilt (the instructions are found via search) as I did mine. However, I never was able to get it to read exactly full and exactly empty, it goes past full a bit and above E is E. But all in all, as expensive as senders are, I can live with "pretty close".