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Title: sending unit
Post by: jays79 on January 22, 2017, 05:34:09 PM

 Has anyone been able to find a sending unit for a 1979 Pinto. Please help! Part number would be a bonus

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: fastfred on January 22, 2017, 06:11:43 PM

This one went into my 1977 Tank .  It does say it will not fit your Pinto but........It did/

https://www.amazon.com/Spectra-Premium-FG178A-Sending-Unit/dp/B006GZB5N4/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t/185-7439620-7306157

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: jays79 on January 23, 2017, 08:53:09 PM

thank you fast fred....do you know the differences in the sending units fg178a and fg178b on amazon

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: fastfred on January 25, 2017, 08:10:17 PM

I don't at the moment. but.....I had the new sender unit fitted and connected up but this is crazy. The more fuel i put in the gauge shows less!   

Any one have an answer? 

Fred

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: D.R.Ball on February 02, 2017, 11:53:31 AM

Change the resistor ..IE check what yours is reading on an ohm meter and if it's 100 ohms change it for a 90 ohm etc.. Nope off hand I do not know the value of the resistor but that's all of the sending units read via float position versus fuel level.

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: dick1172762 on February 02, 2017, 12:42:08 PM

Look on ford pinto nos on E-gay.

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: JoeBob on February 02, 2017, 02:39:11 PM

Fred

I was the one who first posted that I bought the Amazon unit. That was over a year ago. I have had bad health and have yet to install it. I do not know if I will ever finish the build.
 About how the unit works. If I just imagine the E equals full and the F equals empty, will it do the job?
Bill

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: fastfred on February 02, 2017, 05:00:23 PM

Maybe it will. LOL  Will let you know!

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: robertwwithee on February 02, 2017, 06:04:45 PM

Dumb ? But Could it be mounted upside down?

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Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: robertwwithee on February 02, 2017, 06:33:30 PM

Didnt want come across a jerk but I had mounted one upside down to make factory Datsun gauge work with a fuel cell using GM sender.

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Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: Wittsend on February 03, 2017, 12:00:08 PM

The sender has an arm with a float on the end.  If it were possible (don't know for sure) that the arm was mounted 180 degrees out then you might possibly get the reverse reading.

Title: Re: sending unit
Post by: fastfred on February 03, 2017, 12:41:51 PM

Makes sense!