Erratic fuel sender


85_Ranger4x4

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1985
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'85 Ranger LWB originally had a 2.8, something like a 17 gal fuel tank.

When it is full it reads full, when it is anywhere else it can say anything else. I might go to the store on E, to the bank on half a tank, drive somewhere else on a quarter and then when I pull into the station on E put 5 gallons in it and we are good to go and back on F. It can lie to you about being on E but when it is empty it won't lie that isn't on E (it won't say it has half a tank when it is empty but it may say you are out when you have half a tank)

It has always been flakey but when I drove it a lot it wasn't a big deal because I could remember when I filled it, now that it isn't my primary it is hard to keep track of it.

I can't find a new sender listed anywhere for anything carbureted. Is there any fixing to these senders and/or a way to adapt something else?
 
Anybody? :icon_confused:

Even if I could adapt a generic one to work...
 
Anybody? :icon_confused:

Even if I could adapt a generic one to work...

Similar issue for my 1985 Bronco II...I refuse to drive a tank of gas past about 230 miles because I have no idea how close I really am...supposedly a 23 gallon tank but I don't know.

I wonder if I were to replace this part if it would give me an accurate fuel gauge readout?

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85_Ranger4x4,
How did you make out on this.

I had the same problem with my ’88 STX.
Turned out to be the sending unit, was bad.

After I put in the 5.0L EFI the gas gauge was going all over the place.
It was hard enough to determine the gas use of the new engine without a F’d up gas gauge.
I put in after market gauges designed for the Ford sender and the same thing.

Someone suggest I look at the sender and it got replaced and I was all set.

This is an older thread but was just reading through.
 

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