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Sending unit solution
For those of you relocating your tank under the bed and wanting to keep your stock has gauge I have a cheap solution. My tank going under the bed is a 69 Nova tank which has a 90 ohms sending unit, with the factory system in the truck being 30 ohms this would not work. What I have done is taken the sending unit from my new tank and taken off the ''transmitter'' part. I then took the transmitter off the 30 ohm sending unit and bent and cut the float arm to exactly match the 90 ohm float arm. I then tacked the modified 30 ohm transmitter onto the sending unit for the new tank and soldered the electrical connections then took the float from the 90 ohms unit and put it on the 30 ohms unit. I tested with the multimeter and it works. Be careful when welding not to put to much heat on the components or they may not work.
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03-07-2016, 11:11 PM | #3 |
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The 30 ohms transmitter with the 90 ohms float on it
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03-07-2016, 11:12 PM | #4 |
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Here it is all tacked together with the electrical connections soldered
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03-07-2016, 11:13 PM | #5 |
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And it works!
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03-07-2016, 11:15 PM | #6 |
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And this is the extra stuff you will be left with
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03-09-2016, 01:31 AM | #7 |
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very cool nice write up
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03-09-2016, 03:37 AM | #8 |
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Thanks, this forum is full of so much great info I though I would help others out by sharing this idea to give back to all the people
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Nice. Do you have a pic of that tank sitten in the trk frame?
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03-09-2016, 10:34 PM | #10 |
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No I don't have a pic as the tank isn't in it right now. But being a 60-62 frame it is wider in the Rear than a 63-72. Even with this exra width it still hangs below the frame 4 or 5 inches so it might be visible if you have a stock bumper but the bumper that I have hangs a bit lower so its not really visible. I'll post a pic when the tank and bumper are on, should be a couple weeks.
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If you can snap a couple of pics of how you mounted it ,that would be helpful to us 60-62 guys
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Thanks Sam, if I come up with anything else new I'll be sure to share
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Slick.....
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