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EnzoRocks
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| HELP...I purchased a '53-55 motometer guage set. I'm looking for fuel and oil sending units. Any leads?? |
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RareAir
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billmetric
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I believe I have a fuel sender, does this look right?
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EnzoRocks
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| Boy, thanks for your reply...to be honest I have no clue what I'm looking for. Can anybody tell me if this is the right sending unit for a 53-55 rally set? I had assumed it looked like the VDO unit. |
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rlmartinez
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| I found an old link to the repo sets but couldnt get any info on how to order them. If I remember correctly I thought they were doing all the gauges and sending units. I will try and find the info again and post it |
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RareAir
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EnzoRocks
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billmetric,
I PM'd you. |
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coad 
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There's several different Motometer senders and none of them interchange since they all have different resistance.
Unless you find the right sender for your particular guage you're screwed. |
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53 0val
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There's several different Motometer senders and none of them interchange since they all have different resistance.
Unless you find the right sender for your particular guage you're screwed. |
And after you find it........99% of the time, they don't work. BTW your sending unit is correct for an early fuel gauge. If your's works.......use it. 
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53 0val
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| I heard Joe Ruiz (Anaheim, CA) has repro'd the oil sending units for his Okrasa motors. |
That would be an easy item to repro so you probably are correct.
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RareAir
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| 53 0val wrote: |
| your sending unit is correct for an early fuel gauge. If your's works.......use it. |
Are you sure that thing is early? My fuel sending unit has a cork float which seems earlier than a plastic version 
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coad
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North Hollywood Speedometer can build the guages too.
I wish they were doing the amp gauge instead of the clock. If you're hardcore enough to have a Motometer set you probably have some other accessory clock already. |
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53 0val
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| your sending unit is correct for an early fuel gauge. If your's works.......use it. |
Are you sure that thing is early? My fuel sending unit has a cork float which seems earlier than a plastic version |
I have that very sending unit that came with a '54 stamped gauge. I have also see one like yours. When I was restoring an early panel I went through six or seven senders to get one to work and they all looked like that one with the exception that most of them did not have MotoMeter on the float. I have seen two with corks floats as well. Like I said, if it works..........who cares. Use it.
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53 0val
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North Hollywood Speedometer can make a VDO sender work with the Motometer early gauge. Coad is correct when he says that there is problem matching up impedance but those guys can test your system and fix just about anything..........for a price.
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EnzoRocks
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| Thanks for the info...does anybody have Joe Ruiz email address? |
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billmetric
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I will bring the sender to work tomorrow and check the resistance range, hard to say how it will read without the guage, I brought the above sender to several VW swap meets over the years but no one seemed interested or to have a clue which sender was correct for what guage,I got tired of people asking so I put it back on the shelf , I would prefer this one over the larger one myself since the tank only gets one tiny hole where the sender goes, you put it in thru the filler neck, I have a nice VDO guage and sender ( not for sale ) which is universal for all tanks, the VDO one mounts to a small hole in the side of the filler neck and the float swings diagonally, I took it off of a 1961 Beetle with the late style tank! I myself prefer the reserve tap and looking down in the tank, I have run out of gas far more times in cars WITH fuel guages than without
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EnzoRocks
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Great! You're a big help. Hopefully, it's the right resistance... |
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billmetric
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yeah, I would like it to go to someone who actually can use it, I'm affraid I not only forgot to bring it to work today but then I forgot to bring home my Ohm meter as well, I'm walking it out to my car as I speak, will post the results tomorrow for sure, Later, Bill
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