<VV> FC fuel gauge sender

[Dale Dewald]

At 02:40 PM 3/18/06 -0500, Spencer Shepard wrote:

>I need a sending unit for the fuel gage on a '64 Greenbrier. Old one is 
>mostly rust. I don't think they are reproduced and I have been told that 
>the one for a 64/65 is different from the earlier ones. Anyone have one or 
>any advice on making something work? Are the newer ones really different?

Hello Spencer,

I have done some limited research on this subject and what I found was kind 
of interesting:

1) All FC's use a 0-30 ohm resistance fuel gauge sender--same as EM's and 
GM cars built before 1965.

2) Beginning 1965 most of the GM line was changed to 0-90 ohm senders.

3) The Chevy Van (front engine replacement for the FC's) began production 
in late '63/early '64 as a '64 model; it used the 0-30 ohm sender and the 
80 MPH FC dashboard.

4) The Chevy Van continued to use the 0-30 ohm sender and Corvair dash 
through 1966.

It would seem to me that the wire resistance element of the sender would be 
the same as the EM Corvair or other '64 and earlier GM cars.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, MI


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