What should i do?

[rusty ol ranger]

Ive needed to replace the fuel tank(s) on my 97 F250 HD for a while now...they both leak and now the fuel gauge has quit working on the front tank.

Should i just buy the tank, sending unit, and splice in the original pump(s) that both seem to me operating fine?

Or should i take a chance on aftermarket pumps?

The truck has just under 110k and i know aftermarket pumps can be iffy....athough the spectre cheapo i put in rusty has been trouble free....but my F250 is my long distance runner and i dont wanna risk a failure.

Im not paying 600bucks for a oem setup.

Advice?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

If one pump dies you have a spare right?

I would just go new rather than trying to swap 25yo pumps onto another sender.

 

[RonD]

A "working" old factory pump is better than a new 3rd party pump, period

Float may just have a hole in it, easy fix

 

[Dirtman]

I'm with Ron, I'd trust a junkyard ford pump over a new parts store brand pump...

Bring a battery pack and some jumper wires to the junkyard and test the pump before buying it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I'm with Ron, I'd trust a junkyard ford pump over a new parts store brand pump...

Bring a battery pack and some jumper wires to the junkyard and test the pump before buying it.

Cant i just cut and splice my pumps into the new sender?

 

[Curious Hound]

Since you enjoy older technology, install one of these within reach of the driver's seat and plumb it in accordingly.

 

[Roert42]

Cant i just cut and splice my pumps into the new sender?

All I'll say is the Nylon hose attached to the pump in the sender from the factory is impossible to remove without heat without destroying it, heat it up and it loosens up and slides right off. So if you want to disassemble a sending unit, have a lighter.

 

[Snoranger]

Since you enjoy older technology, install one of these within reach of the driver's seat and plumb it in accordingly.

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Electric cars don’t have this problem.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

All I'll say is the Nylon hose attached to the pump in the sender from the factory is impossible to remove without heat without destroying it, heat it up and it loosens up and slides right off. So if you want to disassemble a sending unit, have a lighter.

Good to know.

 

[RonD]

Yes, you can install old pump in new assembly(new sender)

Ford senders did change OHMS in late 1980's, 1986-1989 depending on the model

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Electric cars don’t have this problem.

Neither do carburetored ones.

Serves you right rusty for going all high tech with the fancy fuel squirters!

 

[RonD]

Electric vehicles don't have lots of problems that internal combustion vehicles have

But also hard to get them moving again when they run out of "gas"

 

[Snoranger]

Neither do carburetored ones.

Serves you right rusty for going all high tech with the fancy fuel squirters!

It was a tough choice between an electric car joke and a carb’d joke.

 

[Dirtman]

But.... it needs electricity to run the fuel pump. So doesn't that mean it is in a way, an electric vehicle?

 

[MikeG]

Not if he puts in a wind powered fuel pump Then the only issue is always parking where you have a headwind, or pushing it fast enough to start