I work at advance and if it's in the warehouse, we can get it overnight, if it's factory direct, it usually takes a couple days to a week with free shipping. Dan
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:07 AM, ted laidig <[email protected]>wrote: > Just looked it up on Advance's and Autozone's sites and it's available, but > you will probably have to order it. My past experience with both of them is > usually they will have your item in a couple of days. Both places had the > sending unit listed for a little over $50.00. About the going rate, I think > I paid $55.00 and change for the one for my "69" 4-5 year ago from Paddock. > Sounds like you have found the problem. With the ohm meter hooked up and > moving the float up and down the meter needle ( if you have analog meter ) > should be jumping all over the place. Really the weakest link in the whole > gas gauge system. Good luck. > > Ted > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sun, April 18, 2010 6:40:36 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Chevelle-list] fuel sending unit > > I dropped my fuel tank and removed my sending unit. I put the red lead of > my ohm meter on the post where the power wire attaches to the unit and and > my black lead to the ground wire on the sending unit. I moved the float arm > up and down and my ohm meter hardley moved at all. however when it was > hooked up and in the car my fuel guage was reading from full to empty. 5 > gallons of gas would send the guage to full. It looks like I need another > sending unit. Has anyone been able to get a sending at their local auto > parts store or am I going to have to order it from some where else. Thanks > Bob. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 6:32:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] fuel sending unit > > With so many different sending units to choose from that range from 50.00 > to 150.00 how am I to know which one I need. Thanks, Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ted laidig" <[email protected]> > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 9, 2010 11:27:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] fuel sending unit > > Seems that when I dropped the tank on my "69" I pulled the sending unit > out and tested it with an Ohm meter and found a dead spot in it . Think I > learned about how to test the sending unit from the Team Chevelle forum. but > would go the ground test route first and see what happens. Bear in mind > that if your gage is like mine sometimes it takes a little bit to react so > be patient. > > Ted > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Chum Nault <[email protected]> > *To:* The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Fri, April 9, 2010 10:16:40 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Chevelle-list] fuel sending unit > > Larry > > The fact that you are reading past full points to a bad ground and I would > test that by grounding the sending unit wire directly to the tank ground if > your gauge doesn't go to empty then fix the ground. If it goes to empty > then > it is an open circuit in the sending unit. > > The easiest way to bench test a gauge is with another sending unit, the > sending unit is just a 90 ohm resistor. With the 12volts and ground applied > to the gauge hook up a ground wire from the gauge ground to the body of the > sending unit and the hook up the gauge wire from the gauge directly to the > wire on the sending unit. When you move the float on the sending unit up > the > gauge should go to full and when it is down it should go to empty. You > don't > need to find the correct sending unit to do the test as almost all old GM > sending units used the same 90 ohm resistance. > > Chum Nault > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Williams > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:55 AM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] fuel sending unit > > Mine is erratic even after adding a ground. How can you check it on the > bench? I have a spare. > > Larry > > [email protected] wrote: > > So I restored my dash over the winter, new fuel and temp guage. the > > dash turned out great. However, my fuel guage is not accurate. I put 5 > > gal. in the tank and it reads past full. If I have to drop the tank to > > check my grounds, should I just replace my sending unit. And if so > > what sending unit do I need for a 70ss 396. It looks like dropping the > > tank is going to be quite a ordeal. I think I am going to have to > > partially remove my exhaust. Thanks again yall for your help. Bob > > > >
