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KirsL

KirsL

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Browsing Fb the other day and I came across the ad for this from Holley.

Holley 19-250 Holley Easy Level™ Fuel Level Sender

"Best Engineered New Product" Winner at the 2023 SEMA Show - Our all-new Holley Easy Level(TM) sender uses LiDAR technology to precisely measure the depth of fuel remaining in your tank and works with all Classic Instruments' fuel gauges, including short-sweep, full-sweep, and selectable ohm...
www.holley.com www.holley.com

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Pretty cool idea. Uses lidar to measure fuel level.
 
Holy mark-up!
I built a LiDAR level detector for my water tank. About $7 for an Arduino and $11 for the LiDAR. Bought in bulk it would be a heck of a lot less.
Glad to see someone beat me to an idea I had though … again. :doah:
 
Considering I have no idea how to build one, I thought it is a decent price.

With my setup I don't need the stock fuel supply ports. So this would work nicely I think.
 
KirsL said:
Considering I have no idea how to build one, I thought it is a decent price.

With my setup I don't need the stock fuel supply ports. So this would work nicely I think.
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Plus this fits the standard 5 bolt flange of after market tanks.
And it's ready to go

rampage said:
Holy mark-up!
I built a LiDAR level detector for my water tank. About $7 for an Arduino and $11 for the LiDAR. Bought in bulk it would be a heck of a lot less.
Glad to see someone beat me to an idea I had though … again. :doah:
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I have no idea how to build one.
But it sounds like your still needs a housing??



I already bought 2 for my projects.
My chevelle. And my stepside.
My chevelle has a Tanks Inc. Tank with a 5 bolt flange in it. And I am going to weld a flange into my stepside tank.
I got the flange here.

fueltankparts.com

5 Bolt Sending Unit Flange

Fitting Threads = x5 10-32 Thru on 2.112" BOLT CENTERLINEOD = 3.327"ID = 1.720"Installed height = .300Hole Cut Size = MIN 2.450"/ Max 2.750" Images show examples of how this flange should be installed and the types of sending units that would be installed in them.
fueltankparts.com fueltankparts.com

Honestly for the ease that these promise. (I have yet to set up either of mine) I would think 150 would be a price people would pay.
I was pretty happy at a 100 bucks a pop. Regardless of what mark up might be.
 
What advantage would this have over a $45 stock replacement sending unit from LMC?

I've put off replacing mine due to a fear of the new unit being poor quality or even bad right out of the box.
 
I used a spectra replacement. Was very happy with quality, matched my original closely, has been 2 yrs and 10k plus miles.

These lidar sensors need a different mount from a stock tank. So you would need to modify or replace your tank to use
 
regal403 said:
What advantage would this have over a $45 stock replacement sending unit from LMC?

I've put off replacing mine due to a fear of the new unit being poor quality or even bad right out of the box.
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No moving parts to wear out, get damaged or covered in varnish. It won’t work with your OEM gauge since that style measures the ohms from the rheostat of the sending unit. This sender has a PWM output (pulse width modulation) so it would need a special gauge.
 
regal403 said:
What advantage would this have over a $45 stock replacement sending unit from LMC?

I've put off replacing mine due to a fear of the new unit being poor quality or even bad right out of the box.
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It's more for custom stuff.
A fabricated tank. If you can use a stock float with a stock gauge it's of no advantage.
 
Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I'd be best suited with a stock replacement unit, but this lidar tech is pretty neat.
 
regal403 said:
Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I'd be best suited with a stock replacement unit, but this lidar tech is pretty neat.
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It’s actually using the speed of light to determine the distance. It counts the time it’s takes for pulses of light it sends out to return to the sensor and does a calculation to determine the distance. It’s also known as a ToF sensor, or Time of Flight.
 
It seems like if you can varnish up a potentiometer, you can eventually obscure the vision of the laser (how about condensation in the tank, for example?). I think I put one of these magnetorestrictive/ultrasonic sensors in a product before. https://www.hydac.com/shop/media/ca...RO/PRD_DOC_PRO_186041-00001__SEN__AIN__V1.pdf. It's analog output, but it's industrial 4-20mA sensor type, also not compatible with resistive-type fuel gauges without some kind of converter.

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Blue85 said:
It seems like if you can varnish up a potentiometer, you can eventually obscure the vision of the laser (how about condensation in the tank, for example?). I think I put one of these magnetorestrictive/ultrasonic sensors in a product before. https://www.hydac.com/shop/media/ca...RO/PRD_DOC_PRO_186041-00001__SEN__AIN__V1.pdf. It's analog output, but it's industrial 4-20mA sensor type, also not compatible with resistive-type fuel gauges without some kind of converter.

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I don’t think the clear cover plate of the LiDAR sees enough fuel contact to get varnished up. And depending on if the cover is made of glass or a fuel resistant plastic it could shed the liquid off so it doesn’t matter. IDK They could also take that into consideration with some programming if it did effect the reading.
 
wazzabie said:
One of the appeals about the K5 is there are no computers. At least for the round eyes
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Thoughts like this are why I'm somewhat hesitant to even swap in a modern auto trans (6l80) into mine. Sure it'll be awesome. But right now, it's simple and just works.

This lidar fuel level is pretty cool. Just in the fact that the tech has gotten cheap enough to be used for something as boring as fuel level.
 
KirsL said:
Thoughts like this are why I'm somewhat hesitant to even swap in a modern auto trans (6l80) into mine. Sure it'll be awesome. But right now, it's simple and just works.

This lidar fuel level is pretty cool. Just in the fact that the tech has gotten cheap enough to be used for something as boring as fuel level.
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I never understood resto mods. IMHO keep the classics as classics.
 
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