Dual fuel gauges?

[Clb]

So,,, 2 stock gauges????
But as above, go for it, ???? Post a tech thread for posterity.

 

[Thatoneguy]

Most aftermarket systems are 33-240 ohm; gauges and sensors are easy to find. Isspro I know has them.

I took the stock sensor apart and used the stock float and arm connected to a universal sensor bolted to the backing plate for the stock sensor. Somewhat of a bodged setup, but cheap and easy and it works decently. Hard part is putting it in the right spot so it reads right. My fwd tank is off some and reads ~1/4 when it's empty. Still better than nothing.

Nice! Any pictures?

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[Thatoneguy]

So,,, 2 stock gauges????
But as above, go for it, ???? Post a tech thread for posterity.

I'm hoping to find gauges that are the stock ohms... But, haven't had luck so far. I'm kinda OCD so all the gauges on my future custom cluster need to match. As of now, I'm planning on going with matched VDU gauges. Just need to work out how to do the senders.

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[Thatoneguy]

I've got time to figure this out... Because the gauges alone are gonna be over 600 bucks lol

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[Clb]

Search for the custom dash\gauge thread,,,in tech maybe

 

[Thewespaul]

But why?
Two gas gauges seems like just a pain... just tie both tanks together to make one big tank, and run a single gauge off of it and return fuel to the front tank, if it’s tied together they will balance each other out

 

[Thatoneguy]

But why?
Two gas gauges seems like just a pain... just tie both tanks together to make one big tank, and run a single gauge off of it and return fuel to the front tank, if it’s tied together they will balance each other out

Ya I guess that does make sense. IDK. Just thinking out loud at this point

 

[Tristan]

But why?
Two gas gauges seems like just a pain... just tie both tanks together to make one big tank, and run a single gauge off of it and return fuel to the front tank, if it’s tied together they will balance each other out

I like this idea, what are your thoughts on tying both tanks together?

 

[franklin2]

I like this idea, what are your thoughts on tying both tanks together?

I am wondering that myself? Poking large holes in the bottom of both tanks to run a large pipe to tie them together? And this has to go over the rear axle and still have gravity flow?

The much easier way is to put the one 38 gallon tank in the rear and move the spare tire somewhere else. They make one for it, they sell it on Amazon.

 

[Thewespaul]

It’s completly doable, there’s a few ways to skin a cat though,

1. Send all the return to the rear tank and add a line from the bottom of the rear tank to the front tank. The rear tank would need to be lowered so it’s at the same height at the front tank to avoid over filling. Then just keep it on front tank and it will supply fuel from both tanks
Or
2. Do everything the same as above but keep the returns in the factory position but instead of shimming the rear tank to lower it, just install an electric valve inline to the feed to the front tank from the rear tank, then just activate it to fill the front tank. You could even make your tank selector switch perform this function.

 

[Thatoneguy]

It’s completly doable, there’s a few ways to skin a cat though,

1. Send all the return to the rear tank and add a line from the bottom of the rear tank to the front tank. The rear tank would need to be lowered so it’s at the same height at the front tank to avoid over filling. Then just keep it on front tank and it will supply fuel from both tanks
Or
2. Do everything the same as above but keep the returns in the factory position but instead of shimming the rear tank to lower it, just install an electric valve inline to the feed to the front tank from the rear tank, then just activate it to fill the front tank. You could even make your tank selector switch perform this function.

Do you think just lowering the rear tank would be enough to get the fuel to move over correctly??

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[Thewespaul]

Do you think just lowering the rear tank would be enough to get the fuel to move over correctly??

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The rear tank is already higher than the front, it shouldn’t be an issue filling it

 

[Thatoneguy]

I guess I'm having a hard time picturing what youre saying. I really gotta see stuff to understand it.

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[jaluhn83]

Up until you went on any sort of grade.... With tanks that far apart it wouldn't take much of any angle to have enough level differential that you could pull air and/or overfill a tank. Beyond that, you've got the issue of going past the axle. Not a great idea.

 

[crash-harris]

If you're keeping the FSV, just tie the new level senders to the original wiring and use just one gauge (that gets switched with the FSV, like stock).