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Senderectomy - missing tank sender tray

860 views 6 replies 4 participants last post by  kicker139db  
#1 ·
Today I pulled the BurbZilla sender. It was a pain - the goo used to seal it was dried out like old caulk. Had to tap it quite hard, once I figured out where. PITA to clean up without getting the mess inside the sender hole.

The sender actually looks good on the inside despite the corroded and busted off outside in/out fuel connectors - sock dirty and slimy, but not worse than expected. Bottom of tank has little puddles of liquid and some dirt, but pretty clean overall.

What surprised me was that there was no sender tray in the tank to baffle the float. Not even pieces of a broken one or any washers used to connect the tray on the studs.

A question for those who had the sender out - would the stock tray fit through the tank sender opening? One of the reasons I am in there is because the fuel level needle is bouncing and I'd rather eliminate that before I seal it up.

Thanks.
 
#3 ·
Thank you, mjd.
 
#4 ·
Bump - anyone seen the tray and can tell me if it would fit through?

I can't imagine the locating studs being there without a reason. GM might have saved a few pennies, so why even install them?
 
#5 ·
I think your gauge bouncing is more of a electrical problem than mechanical. The fuel gauge in my 95 2500ld bounces wildly some times but not others. I have gremlins in my electrical system that I haven't found yet. The ground on the tank is suspect because of the lack of corrosion resistant material. The groun to frame is another place.
 
#6 · (Edited)
I've searched and read the posts on the sender electrical problems. There appeared to be nothing wrong with the sender electrically or mechanically and I was not able to find any reference to tank grounding that I remember.

Unless yo are refering to the anti-static fill throat grounding, but that is isolated from the tank by the rubber filler hose. In any case, I believe that the circuit utilizing the two lead sender rheostat connection is grounded elsewhere.

If I missed something, kindly correct my ignorance. Thanks!!!

I am still curious about the anti-slosh tray and its size.
 
#7 ·
Mine does the samething when I come to a stop. It also reads more than full and when its empty it still has about 6gallons left.