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71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST?

Posted By: cal_gecko

71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/05/18 08:12 PM

I'm tired of my fuel gauge not being accurate, and this weekend, the sending unit seal started leaking.. .so it's time for a replacement. I'm currently using one that I bought new a few years back (don't remember from where).. it's a single tube (no fuel return line). Who's got the best one out there? 71 Swinger.

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Posted By: 71birdJ68

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/05/18 08:35 PM

Call Dixie Restorations. If anybody has one that will work right, it would be them, but that doesn't mean that they have it anymore
Posted By: cal_gecko

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/05/18 11:29 PM

Originally Posted By 71birdJ68
Call Dixie Restorations. If anybody has one that will work right, it would be them, but that doesn't mean that they have it anymore


Thanks ... I checked their site... looks like they only deal with GM stuff frown
Posted By: cal_gecko

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/05/18 11:48 PM

Originally Posted By cal_gecko
Originally Posted By 71birdJ68
Call Dixie Restorations. If anybody has one that will work right, it would be them, but that doesn't mean that they have it anymore


Thanks ... I checked their site... looks like they only deal with GM stuff frown


well.. apparently https://www.dixierestorationdepot.com/ and http://www.dixierestorationparts.com/ are very different sites wink
Posted By: mopars4ever

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/06/18 12:18 AM

Honestly I would look for a NOS one. I think the part number is 4051004.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/06/18 02:38 AM

Agreed, NOS (and good luck finding one). ALL if the reproductions I've seen are junk. Sad but true.
Posted By: 71birdJ68

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/06/18 03:44 AM

Did you actually call them? They have way more than the web site shows.
Posted By: mopars4ever

Re: 71 A-Body fuel pickup tube/sending unit - whats the BEST? - 02/06/18 09:51 PM

Also use a NOS lock ring also as the aftermarket ones are flimsy.
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