Hi to all again. Thanks for your reply in advance.
Neither one of my fuel gauges work. I bought the truck with them not working, and the fellow that I got the truck from said "don't waste your time trying to swap the sending units- I already did it, and a year later, they don't work". Every time I change the fuel filter, I've got small bits of black plastic (float) sitting at the bottom of the water seperator bowel. I've called napa, auto zone, etc. and no one has them. The ford house will have to order them at 120.00 apiece. He doesn't know what the float material is made out of. If it's brass, it will crack and sink; and if it's plastic, it will break up. Is there a homemade remedy? A beer can filled full with scilicone? A Piece of wood maybe?
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89 F350 SRW Reg Cab 4X4, 3.55:1, ZF-5 w/ LUK single mass, added Banks sidewinder 12-06. So far so good. 17 mpg using B50 bio blend.
I just got through installing a new fuel tank and if I remember right, the float was black plastic. www.JCWhitney.com has all of the parts for your problem and a pretty good diagram thereof.
I would think that the particles your finding in your filter would not come from your sender float. Can't see why it would break up into those small of pieces and pass through the fuel system. Sounds more like you have a grounding problem at the selector switch . Both tanks are connected to this switch. It sits on your frame rail and it has an easy disconnect plug on it. Perhaps some electrical cleaner on the terminals would do the trick.
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1994 F250 HD, IDI Diesel, 3:55 gears, K&N filter, Hayden Tranny Cooler, Monroe HD SensaTrac shocks, dual pillar pod with temp & tranny guage, poly fuel tanks
Farm.....put a signature with info re the truck please.....year model etc. sure makes answering easier.......
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93 F250 7.3 IDI S/C XLT 4X4 E40D 3.55LS, Captains chairs, Tutone Mocha, Leer 48" Hiboy cap, FR & RR hitches, full DeeZee running boards. Factory ordered/delivered Jan 93 has 160K+, it's basically a stock truck with all the Ford options, just no disc player.
Toys: 26'Jayco FK TT, 18'Sylvan Pro Fish.
I have not seen a factory sending unit for these truck with a plastic float. All the ones I've seen have metal floats. The bottom of the sender has a rubber fuel pickup/screen that looks like a shower head. It fails very often and will make you run out of fuel at about 1/4 tank once it breaks off the bottom of the sender. It will eventually break up into smaller pieces. This may be some of the garbage you are seening at fuel filter changes.
Getting a new sender will get the gauge working properly, but the pick up will fail again in no time. I replaced my senders with new units and in three months, the pick ups where off and floating in the bottom of the tanks. I replaced them with a piece of Goodyear fuel hose with a "fishmouth" or inverted "V" cut in the bottom of the line so it doesn't suck on the bottom of the tank. They are held on by a small hose clamp.
Heath
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