1991 F-Superduty Fuel Sending unit

[65sixbanger]

Hello All,

It's been about 7 years since ive had an IDI, and this weekend I picked up another. Its a 1991 F-Superduty (1.5 ton) 7.3 with 5 speed and extended frame for an 11ft bed.

There is no bed on it, I bought it for my service body to sit on it..

This truck has a 19 gallon tank in the center of the truck behind the rear axle and a missing 17-19 gallon tank in front of the axle on the drivers side. The lines are there but it was rusted out.

The sending unit was leaking, missing the short tube on the suction tube and plug was very corroded so I thought I would just replace the sender but I cannot find it anywhere. You can buy both tanks all day but nobody seems to offer the sender, NAPA, Rock Auto, Auto Zone, ETC...

Any Ideas?

Thanks
-Lance

 

[genscripter]

I know the truck guys on here have intell on where to buy senders. I'm sure one of them will chime in. With the IDI vans, the only place to find them is on ebay for N.O.S. Maybe you can find the truck IDI senders on ebay as well.

 

[Thewespaul]

New sending units are now available for all our trucks. http://www.trexautoparts.com/categories/ford-full-size-pickup-diesel-sending-units

 

[65sixbanger]

Thank you

 

[towcat]

here's a suggestion if you have the room on the frame(which you do)
out there in this world, there's an Isuzu NPR missing is tank and brackets.
gets rid of many issues except the fueling bill. i retained my oem tanks and added the Isuzu tank (35 gal) for a total of 69 gal of fuel capacity.

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[65sixbanger]

Ok thank yall,

I actually wont have much room, Im mounting a service bed and crane on the truck.

One thing I have found with this tank is it doesn't have a lock ring, its a plastic tank with a screw on cap. I have found other posts online with the f-450's from 90's to 96 ish with the same issue. The frames are narrower and the senders are not the same as a 1 ton pickup. I found an o ring to replace the damaged sender seal so really I just need to find a rheostat to replace this one with maybe

Any thoughts?

-Lance

 

[79jasper]

Was a service put there that can repair them.

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[65sixbanger]

Was a service put there that can repair them.

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I apologize, I'm having trouble understanding that, a service bulletin maybe? service center?

Thanks

 

[79jasper]

If you search here about the sending units, some have talked about a company you can mail it to, they will repair it, you pay them, then they send it back.

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[Garbage_Mechan]

I have seen kits that just include the the reostat.
Can’t recall where lol