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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: JohnRR]
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09/04/13 08:22 PM
09/04/13 08:22 PM
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Sacramento,California
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I never had any problems with the Spectre tank , check Rockauto , that's where I found it the cheapest .
As far as the sending unit check Dixie resto, those were the only I have seen no complaints about , if they have any left.
Thanks John. I looked on Dixie's site and there were no e-body sending units listed... I sent them an email to check on availability.
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: Mastershake340]
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09/05/13 01:32 AM
09/05/13 01:32 AM
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Sacramento,California
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I'll second JohnRR's recommendation for a Spectra gas tank and ordering it from Rock Auto for the best price. That's where I got mine a year or so back for my '71 Challenger. It looks perfect and the price was right.
IIRC Dixies posted the good sender units are long gone, from what I've seen people post here and on other sites, no one currently offers a good accurate sender unit at this time. I cleaned up my original one when I replaced my tank, it's close but I'd replace it with a new one if anyone offered an accurate part today.
I'll get a Spectra tank but I still need a sender... the car is a 340 car so it has a 5/16 sender; the new engine is a bit bigger.
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: cudaized]
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09/05/13 10:20 AM
09/05/13 10:20 AM
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There are firms out there that calibrate sending units if I recall. I remember, when I read Hemming's Motor News a lot more, there were services that did that......
TroyHouston Mopar Connection Club'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi) '69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana '70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: cudaized]
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09/05/13 02:23 PM
09/05/13 02:23 PM
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Ball Ground, Georgia
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Hi Ola, You can thank a certain big mail order company for whoring out the sending unit market by making them overseas when we wouldn't sell to them at less than our cost. I don't have the finances to do another production run that would sit on the shelves for years while people bought the cheap overseas ones because mine were "too expensive", or it's just a "driver". I think my last production run was '06 or '07 and I sold the last of the e-body units in '12. The ones listed above that I still have are from that same run. I don't know what the cost would be to make another run today. I still have my contacts, and would be glad to check. I could probably do as little as 100 units. In order to go forward they would need to have a deposit paid. I couldn't say what that amount would be pending a quote from the plant. So, if anyone is interested, please reply to this post with the quantity you would be willing to pay a deposit on. For back of the napkin math, figure that deposit at $50 each. Thanks, Randy Quote:
Randy,
The current available fuel sending units are crAp. We all know that.
Is there a vendor that would venture to make a quality unit? I am certain that many, many people would purchase them.
Would Dixie Restoration Parts consider making them?
Ola Nilsson
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: Dixie]
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09/05/13 05:03 PM
09/05/13 05:03 PM
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White Plains, NY
VCODE
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Randy, You know I'am in for a 1970 3/8 Hemi E body Ok guys it's time to pay up for the good working units.Mine does not work and I have been looking for a Nos or used orginal one with no luck. Thanks Bob 
Last edited by VCODE; 09/06/13 09:35 AM.
Mom & Dad let me buy a brand new 70 Challenger R/T 440 Six-Pack Super Trac Pack when I was 17
(Robert what is a 440 Six-Pack)
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: pushbutton]
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09/05/13 08:54 PM
09/05/13 08:54 PM
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Ball Ground, Georgia
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I would like a 5/16" for a 69 RR. Could the run be split or would it have to be all B or E's? Bought one at the Nats and it is a piece of crap. Looks exactly like the one I bought several years ago for $110.00. Gave $50.00 for it.
It's a minimum number per application. However, I might have a NOS 5/16" B-body if you're interested. Email me your shipping zip and I'll see if I can find it and give you a price.
Thanks,
Randy
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: Dixie]
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09/05/13 10:36 PM
09/05/13 10:36 PM
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I would like a 5/16" for a 69 RR. Could the run be split or would it have to be all B or E's? Bought one at the Nats and it is a piece of crap. Looks exactly like the one I bought several years ago for $110.00. Gave $50.00 for it.
It's a minimum number per application. However, I might have a NOS 5/16" B-body if you're interested. Email me your shipping zip and I'll see if I can find it and give you a price.
Thanks,
Randy
E-Mail sent.
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: JRepucci]
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09/06/13 03:35 PM
09/06/13 03:35 PM
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N.E. Ohio
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This one doesn't look to bad. Only about $65 with the ride.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mopar-Fuel-Sendi...=item35bf69bab8
I went through the entire fuel system on my 440 Six Pack 71 Challenger last spring.
New Spectre tank, new Fine Lines 3/8" stainless fuel lines back to front, new Carter mechanical fuel pump and pushrod and new lines to the carbs.
I bought that exact stainless sending unit (3/8") and installed it with the factory ground strap.
The only thing I was warned about was the included retaining ring isn't formed correctly and can cause leaks so I blasted and reused my original ring.
The sending unit seems to be working great.
The factory fuel gauge reads correctly depending on how much fuel I have in the tank and seems to go down correctly with my fuel usage.
I think a number of issues people are having are ground, wiring and gauge related.
I don't plan on testing just how close I can get to empty on the gauge but I'm very happy with how everything is working. 
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Re: Good Better Best Repo fuel tank and sender
[Re: KillerBee]
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09/06/13 03:55 PM
09/06/13 03:55 PM
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North Dakota
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With the apparent popularity of the '68-'70 'B' body with the 5/16", I'd be up for six (6) of them. If this were to become a reality, PM me and the deposit will be on its way.
I'm not kidding.
"We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".
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