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Isaac.Tsalik
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 Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:08 pm Post subject: Measuring Fuel Tank Depth for Aftermarket Fuel Send |
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Hi everyone,
I'm working on installing an aftermarket fuel sender in my 1974 Volkswagen Beetle, and I need to know the exact depth of the fuel tank. Specifically, I’m looking for the distance from the fuel tank opening (at the mounting point for the sender) to the bottom of the tank, measured in a straight line.
Since the sender I’m using isn’t original, this measurement is crucial to ensure proper installation and functionality.
If anyone has this information or could help me measure it from an original tank, I’d greatly appreciate it!
Thanks in advance for your help! |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 5:42 am Post subject: Re: Measuring Fuel Tank Depth for Aftermarket Fuel Send |
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Do you not have a tape measure?
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runamoc 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Measuring Fuel Tank Depth for Aftermarket Fuel Send |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
| Do you not have a tape measure? |
X2 ^^^ ... 
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OldSchoolVW's
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Measuring Fuel Tank Depth for Aftermarket Fuel Send |
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| Isaac.Tsalik wrote: |
| I'm working on installing an aftermarket fuel sender in my 1974 Volkswagen Beetle |
Aftermarket senders have a reputation of being pretty inaccurate (correctly indicating the fuel level at any given time). What is most important is fair warning when you get close to empty. Depending on your comfort zone, put a gallon or so of fuel in the tank and adjust the float arm on the sender so it the gauge needle reads at the top of the reserve range. That way, you can at least trust it to be accurate when you're approaching empty. No telling what the gauge will read with a full or half tank ... and it really doesn't matter that much.
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kpf
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Measuring Fuel Tank Depth for Aftermarket Fuel Send |
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The lowest point of the tank is not directly under the sender mounting hole. The stock sender uses two float arms that point forward. There are aftermarket senders that copy that arrangement.
There is a lot of very good information on this site about this topic, and there are a lot of land mines to step on if you don’t read about them first.
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