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Offline mrnda

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fuel sending unit
« on: January 13, 2012, 01:12:19 pm »
am looking to buy a new fuel sending unit, truck is an 84 with one side tank.  looking at the parts store there are passenger side and driver side units listed.  is there a difference?
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 01:19:05 pm »
Quote from: mrnda on January 13, 2012, 01:12:19 pm
am looking to buy a new fuel sending unit, truck is an 84 with one side tank.  looking at the parts store there are passenger side and driver side units listed.  is there a difference?

Yes, I believe the difference is how the connections to the fuel line go.
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2012, 06:09:32 am »
Quote from: zieg85 on January 13, 2012, 01:19:05 pm
Quote from: mrnda on January 13, 2012, 01:12:19 pm
am looking to buy a new fuel sending unit, truck is an 84 with one side tank.  looking at the parts store there are passenger side and driver side units listed.  is there a difference?

Yes, I believe the difference is how the connections to the fuel line go.

The only difference is which way the connections point like zieg85 said. I've put the wrong one in once when I needed a tank because of a hole in the bottom and couldn't immediately get the right one. It worked fine. Just had to make a curve in the fuel lines.
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2012, 07:00:37 am »
     You also need to know how many tubes are on yours, pickup tube, vent tube, and maybe return if yours has it.
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Offline mrnda

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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2012, 11:17:57 am »
The prices for a 3 outlet are almost half the price of the 2, is there any way to make a 3 outlet work like a 2?  or should i just quit being
el-cheap-o?
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2012, 11:43:36 am »
Yes you can make it work.
On the truck which line isn't there? Return or Vent?
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2012, 12:25:20 pm »
Do not know sir, when i pulled the existing unit was the first time i have ever touched one.
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Re: fuel sending unit
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2012, 12:34:32 pm »
The 3rd hole is the tank vent, you would have to have a cap that vents.
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