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I can't find a new tank sender unit for my 77 Pinto. I've scrounged up 3 senders and they all have different resistance even after cleaning them up. Anyone know what's resistance on a good sender? full to empty.
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According to the 1977 Ford Pinto "Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshootin g Manual" the sender resistances are: 60 to 86 ohms when empty and 8 to 12 ohms when full.
As to finding a replacement, a NOS unit may show up on ebay. The search function here showed three pages of "fuel sender" related threads. There was a recent thread on a 1973 fuel sender replacement that may or not help, see below.
http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php?topic=25711.0
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According to the 1977 Ford Pinto "Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshootin g Manual" the sender resistances are: 60 to 86 ohms when empty and 8 to 12 ohms when full.
As to finding a replacement, a NOS unit may show up on ebay. The search function here showed three pages of "fuel sender" related threads. There was a recent thread on a 1973 fuel sender replacement that may or not help, see below.
http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php?topic=25711.0
80-10 ohms is standard for Ford I believe. Summit carries universal but I'd think a MII can be sourced. I've only seen P/N for 74-76 but I'll be installing that one in a 72 Pinto. It's identical from pics.
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Installed this weekend and MII is the replacement. Arm approx. .75 inch longer but made no difference.
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