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| | | Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 old hand | OP old hand Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 | Can anybody recommend where to buy (overnight) a fuel gauge sending unit for a 76 Dodge with a 318? I'm guessing this may work from Summit, but not 100% sure: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/atm-3262/applications/?prefilter=1Also - anybody ever change one of these? seems pretty simple - just disconnect the battery, unplug the current unit, and put the new one in with 6 screws, plug back in, and roll. My fuel guage doesn't work - and the unit has a small leak dripping gas out which i can't seem to stop. So I figure kill 2 birds with one stone... Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
Pittsburgh PA Vanner 75 VansAJammin' & 76 Jive Turkey 89 A-Team Van | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 6,256 Likes: 164 Master Metal Sculptor | Master Metal Sculptor Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 6,256 Likes: 164 | I replaced my tank and sending unit last year and I think I got mine from autopartswarehouse.com Replacing the sending unit will probably fix the leak but the gauge not working could be a number of things....it could be the sending unit, a bad ground (high probability), a wiring issue, or a gauge or the circuit board on the back of the cluster (I think my problem happened to be all of the above)!!!! | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 old hand | OP old hand Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 | Thanks Lee - Yes i realize it could be more than just the sending unit - although I've tried to troubleshoot other electrical. Could be the float is frozen, because for one brief second awhile back when it was majorly on Empty & I filled it up, it shot to full. I'll check that ground again.
Got the leak to stop - one of the screws was loose back there - i torqued the hell out of it and we seem to be OK - no more liquid gold on the ground, and no more worrying about a smoker tossing a butt and blowing us up!
Thanks for the help.
| | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 newbie | newbie Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 | could you post a photo of the rear of your sending unit and/or how it's wired? My '74 B100 has 1 wire coming out of the unit but no ground. how that's possible I don't know. There are two random wires hanging near the right rear lights and when they touch the sending unit wire the fuel gauge shoots to full. i'm at a loss... | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 256 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 256 | pics aren't the best, but maybe it will help 76 plastic 36 gallon tanks see to be one year only, in 77 they changed them for safety in 76 the sending unit faces the rear bumper in the middle of the tank in 77 the sending unit is faces the front of the van and is located on the passenger side corner the 2 on the right are out of a 76 plastic 36 gallon tank, the one on the left is out of a 77 plastic 36 gallon tank part number if it helps, 3895206 | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 newbie | newbie Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 | thanks for the pics. weird, mine only has the hot sending wire, no ground and no nipple that it ever would have been attached to. bizarre. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 newbie | newbie Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 | here's my sending unit. any ideas? No ground... | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 256 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 256 | yours is the metal tank, where as mine is plastic, hence the screw holes in my sending unit
maybe the reason yours has no ground is because the metal tank itself is grounded | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 newbie | newbie Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 | i thought I saw somewhere that there was a "clip on" ground wire...can't remember where though. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 | I had a 77 and I took mine apart and got in there and cleaned it up and put it back together. If that does not work. The place I got my replacement tank has new ones I just have to remember where and what the name was They did work perfect. I think it was Spectra Fuel tanks. Hope that helps. They did OK by me, good stuff.
Cheers! Been There, done that, Member of those.... Built for comfort not for speed ....Well speed too !... I am a vanner, Promise me the world, give me nothing, I'll be back ... next year ! | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 | One more thing, Call your dealer and see if they have one. I did and they had three. not a bad price at sixty bucks. but new old stock is better. They can do a nation wide search. Worth at try.
Cheers! Been There, done that, Member of those.... Built for comfort not for speed ....Well speed too !... I am a vanner, Promise me the world, give me nothing, I'll be back ... next year ! | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 78 journeyman | journeyman Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 78 | ...had aa problem like that on an old s10 of mine...friend showed me a teick worked great for bad ground...Put a metal hose clamp on metal fuel line where it come out of sending unit...attach ground wire ro it, then to frame.. if it is a ground that wull take care of it.. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,215 old hand | old hand Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,215 | The fuel sending unit's wire is light blue and is located on the right rear (passenger) side tail light. That's why the gauge went up when you connected those wires.
Earlier tanks was grounded by a grounding clip, from the elbow of the sending unit to the steel portion of the fuel line. I think they went to a ground wire in '75 or '76. This applies to the steel tanks.
The only sending unit (and tank) still available is for the '77 vans. Earlier years were different and obsolete. Only source now is NOS. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 | hey bootsy100, my 75 looks just like yours. where you have that new lookin clamp is about where mine has an alligator clip clamped onto the fuel line then its connected to another wire that goes inside my van by the passenger side tail light. i have my interior put together now so i can't see exactly where it goes to but i remember when i first got the van i had to mess around with that wire because sometimes the gauge would fail. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 newbie | newbie Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 46 | it must be grounded to another wire. The sending wire is as mentioned above:light blue near passenger tail light. I that wire to the sending unit wire then tried grounding off the metal fuel line (with alligator clip) to the chassis as well as other points but with no luck. gonna have to pull the unit and put meter on it I guess. wish it was as easy as just grounding it. bummer... thx all for the comments though. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 old hand | OP old hand Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 | Just realized I never replied to this post that I originated. My float had a crack in it and was taking on fuel - thus, it was always sunk to the bottom and showing on "E". A new float from summit for like $6, and a new cork gasket ( i cut myself from a sheet of cork ) and a ton of gasket sealer (screws into plastic tank) and we're back to as good as new.
Thanks for all the tips & hope the others here find resolution to their questions as well! | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 newbie | newbie Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 | I know this I an old thread but it helped me a lot while looking for a fuel sender for a '77 Dodge 36 gal tank. Mine works but it is original and I am not sure for how long. I have found several places online that will rebuild it, and I think I will do that when my original one fails. That being said I did find a NOS sender. http://www.collectorsautosupply.com. part number is 4075096 Trouble is, he wants $270 for it. If you need it, there it is. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 | Try spectra they make aftermarket tanks and sending units i think ! http://www.spectrapremium.com/products/fuel_tank.htmlAlso I found this http://www.jcwhitney.com/1977-1980-...uel-pump/p2005708d51427y1977-1980j1.jcwxSo spectra does have them just call them at spectra and see what they say. The second place i posted is JC Whitney and that was just for a 23 gallon stock tank. But call spectra and ask, chances are good if they make one they have them both. If not you also have the option to upgrade to a new tank and modern sending unit. i have been under all of them and they are very similar hookups. You might have to cut or make a line or two shorter or longer but not a major task the roll over valve on top will always be in the same place.
Cheers! Been There, done that, Member of those.... Built for comfort not for speed ....Well speed too !... I am a vanner, Promise me the world, give me nothing, I'll be back ... next year ! | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 newbie | newbie Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 | Thanks a lot, I'll take a look.
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| | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 135 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 135 | Thanks a lot, I'll take a look.
Hey. Is there a way to get an email when I have a reply to post on this forum? When you make a reply click "full screen " At the bottom of the box you type in it will say "post options " click the box that says add this thread to my watched topics. That should send you an email when ever someone makes a post in this thread Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 newbie | newbie Joined: May 2015 Posts: 27 | Thanks! I'll give it a try. | | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 167 member | member Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 167 | I'm having some fueling issues on my 76, What do you have the small nipple connected to on that middle sender? 76 Tradesman 200
| | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 36 newbie | newbie Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 36 | This is an old thread but I wanted to document this for anyone else that can't find one of these sending units. www.collectorsautosupply.com has the sending units in stock for the 36 gallon tanks. They do NOT have them listed on the website. You have to call them directly. Just give them the original part number which is 3895206. Hmmm this is for a 1975 OP was looking for a 1976. Maybe this will still work. They have been able to track down subsequent interchange part numbers. I picked one up from them for $125. That's significantly less than a lot of places were quoting me to rebuild them. I should have it in a couple of days and I'll let you know if it works out. They have a return policy so if it doesn't work...no harm no foul. Just my time pulling the tank.
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| | | Re: Fuel Guage Sending Unit - 76 Dodge | Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 10 stranger | stranger Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 10 | Hi JasonKC, was that sending unit you purchased for a 36 gallon tank? I'm searching now and will probably give Collectors Auto Supply a ring tomorrow to see If they can help. Thanks for posting the part#! That detail is key indeed.
Cheers! Paul D
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