2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Fuel sender replace.

[DavidGardner]

Replacing a fuel sender in a friends 96 12 valve CTD. day after tomorrow. 2-13-03. Need to know from those who have done it what is better, remove or raise pu. bed or drop tank. I have the factory shop manual and it tells how to do it either way. In your opinion which method is best. This will be done in my heated shop whith complete tools including air tools available.

Thaqnks in advance



Dave Gardner

 

[Rob Thomas]

Well, I'm not going to tell you how I change mine , but it's very easy to remove the bed, 8 bolts thats are easily accessed, tail light/license plate wires, and the 4 screws behind the fuel door.



The tank is a little more difficult, and of course the more fuel, the heavier it is.



Later , Rob

 

[illflem]

Lifting the bed is easier than trying to run your tank almost empty when the gauge doesn't work. I'd rather lift the bed even if the tank was empty, easier to unhook the hoses and electrical. You only have to tilt it up about 16".

 

[DavidGardner]

Did the deed today. Job went very good except had trouble figuring out how the fuel line quick disconects worked. Checked the factory shop manual and could not find out how to disconect them. Finally figured it out on our own. The trick is there are a pair of (tits) that are behind the connections that you must squeese together while pulling out on the fuel lines. If we had known this we would not have spent an hour trying to get them off. All in all thanks to all who replied to my original post. Yes I belive the best way to do this is to raise the bed rather than remove the tank.



David Gardner

 

[illflem]

The hardest thing for me the first time was the electrical connection.

If your service manual is like mine the instructions for disconnecting the fuel lines is in the gasser section.

 

[Sasquatch]

illflem



I've had the replacement fuel sending unit sitting on my shop bench for weeks, now.



I keep hoping it'll install itself, while I try to decide whether to get a new "Transfer Flow," or "Aero Tank" cross bed tank, or an under-bed, larger replacement for the OEM tank.



Too many choices, and too expensive, for me to 'get off the dime,' so far.



In my case, too, the bed has been sprayed with a thick coating of "Linex," and saddled with about two thousand pounds of bolted-in, diamond plate, tool boxes—both across the bed, and down the side rails. Truck also has an installed "Extenda-Bed" which pulls out like a drawer (6' long), and adds another 600 pounds to the bed.



I'm thinking these installed options would complicate raising the bed, but, either way—lift the bed, or drop the tank—it's gonna have to be done on a steeply pitched driveway, or out in the street.

 

[illflem]

Sasquatch, I certainly wouldn't want to lift the bed in your case unless you have a forklift.



Dropping the tank isn't too bad with fuel in, putting it back up is the challenge. Floor jack helps but it still takes two people as every time the fuel sloshes around in the long tank it loses it's balance. Another way is to run the tank down as low as you dare then siphon out what's left once you disconnect the fill tube.

 

[vssman]

Originally posted by illflem

Dropping the tank isn't too bad with fuel in, putting it back up is the challenge. Floor jack helps but it still takes two people as every time the fuel sloshes around in the long tank it loses it's balance.

Bill,



Were you hanging around watching me do mine??



Paul