64 C30 1 ton panel

[ironman3452]

ok I need help, I have looked at every catalog put out, with no luck, my 64 chevy C30 1 ton panel, needs a new fuel sender, does any one here know of a replacement?, here is a picture of the unit

and as far as I can tell no one makes one, even the parts place , say they have one, it is for a truck, not a 1 ton panel.

[ironman3452]

well after a lot of cleaning, and CLR, the sending unit is operational, looks like I will be getting ready to put the tank back in and getting her ready to go for a drive.

[65chevysub]

I just replaced the one in my 65 Suburban with one from Classic Industries. They say its for 60-66 Sub/Panel. Works great. Hope the pic coned out so you can see it.

[Captainfab]

The '63-'66 sending units are not the same as the '60-'62 sending units. Those are attached to the tank with 5 screws.

Originally Posted by 65chevysub

I just replaced the one in my 65 Suburban with one from Classic Industries. They say its for 60-66 Sub/Panel. Works great. Hope the pic coned out so you can see it.

[ironman3452]

ok you have a fuel tank in the back of your sub, mine is just behind the driver and on the frame, mine if you would have looked has 5 holes, not a clamp, and yours is longer

[ironman3452]

I have 2 fuel sending units, both said that they were for a 60- 66 panel or sub, what I found out is that theses are for 1/2 ton and subs, not for a 1 ton panel, so you have to be careful when ordering parts, you need to tell them that you have a 1/2 ton or 1 ton\, if it is a truck, or panel.

[padresag]

they both may have the same size tank though
ron

[ironman3452]

padresag, do you have the dimentions of your tank?
mine is 9 and 1/2 inches tall, by 32 and a 1/2 inches long, by 16 inches wide, do this seem to be the same size as yours?

[ironman3452]

or does any one else have a picture of there 1 ton panel or 1/2 or 3/4 ton sub tank, I can tell you they are not the same, just look at the difference between my 1 ton, and the 1//2 or 3/4 ton sub.
?

[padresag]

these are what orig tanks look like


ron

[ironman3452]

see what I mean yours is nothing like mine, but I did get my sending unit to work, so I am going to reinstall it and fill it and see if it will do what I want, if the sending unit does not work, I am going to make a newer sending unit work, I have the length of my old one and can bend a new one to match, will let you all know how it works.

[Captainfab]

Ron, I have not seen a C30 panel have a rear tank like the C/K10 Suburbans and panels did. They had a tank mounted alongside the frame a little ways behind the drivers side door. Not sure just why, but that is what I have seen them have.

Originally Posted by padresag

these are what orig tanks look like
ron

[padresag]

thank you
ron

[ironman3452]

that's what i was talking about and even put my tank in the pictures, so ever one can see what a C 30 1 ton panel, gas rank looks like and what kind of sending unit, it has in it.

[cg285]

ironman is correct. my 1 ton 64 is the same. i plan on robbing parts off a new sender and fixing mine.

[ironman3452]

Originally Posted by padresag

these are what orig tanks look like


ron

yes for a rear gas tank,

[ironman3452]

Originally Posted by padresag

these are what orig tanks look like


ron

yes for your 1/2 or 3/4 ton panel, or sub.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by ironman3452

yes for your 1/2 or 3/4 ton panel, or sub.

that onlt makes 5 times that I have been told . is there a problem
ron

[padresag]

they didn't make a 3/4t panel or suburban
ron

[ironman3452]

hey RON , in 1965 gm did make a 3/4 ton, but I do not know if it was only for that year, sorry I did not mean to sound like I was mad or anything like that, just I tried to show every one here what I was going thru to get my gas tank ready to go back in, again sorry if I sounded like I was mad.

[ironman3452]

GM did make a 3/4 sub, it was in 1965 and not sure if it was for only that year, does any one here know of a 3/4 panel/ or suburban, I would like to know, thanks for looking.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by ironman3452

GM did make a 3/4 sub, it was in 1965 and not sure if it was for only that year, does any one here know of a 3/4 panel/ or suburban, I would like to know, thanks for looking.

1967 was the first year to offer a 3/4 ton
ron