The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Panels 'N Burbs 49 sububan gas tank send unit ? where to buy one

any recommendations

John Check with the Truck and Car Shop in the LA. area or Brothers down in the LA area also. Classic Truck Parts in In KC.Mo. or look in Custom Classics Trucks or Classic Trucks mags in the Back pages as they have adds in there for all kinds of parts or there is a fellow that alot of guys here deal with but I don't recall his name.
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Don

but can anyone "recommend" a specific venders product i know there are many

John,

I think the Suburban/Canopy/Panel gas tank sender unit is not a an easy item to find. Have you found a vendor who lists that part?

Tim

Like I always say and no one listens. If you have the old one you can make the new one from a truck unit which I believe are avail. ...... At least that is true with TF.

We're talkin A.D. here. I sent you a P.M. John.
Marty

My comment is for anyone with a Suburban or Panel that needs a sender which is not available in the aftermarket. I will be interested to see if anyone here comes up with a vendor that supplies this item for TF or AD. That would be great info.

The sender for the AD 'burb and panel is next to impossible to find. You might be able to rebuild the one you have. The potentiometer might by swaped from a 49-54 tank in cab unit. Then you'll have to reconfigire the pick up tube and the float length. I've done that with my AD panel. To my knowledge and research, nobody sells the AD 'burb and panel sender unit for the gas tank as aftermarket. Good luck trying to find a good used one. NOS is next to impossible to find.( I've been looking for 20+ yrs.)

Does anyone have a picture of one? Thanks

The 54/55 style of panel-body gas gauge sender (and gas pick-up tube) is different from the 48-53 set up. So, be sure you "re-configure" a newer unit that does what you need. In 54-55 the panel-body sender/pick-up comes out the top of the tank. In 1954 and later, the cab-body sender/pick-up-tube is also a combined unit, I think.

It would be nice to hear from someone who has actually done this "re-configuration" on a 48-53 panel-body truck. Also, if a 55 and newer 12v unit is used, will it work properly on a 48-53 6v truck (I am just asking to be careful)?

You're right tclederman - The '54-'55 sender unit and pick up tube are a combined unit assembly coming out of the top of the tank. The '48-'53 has the pick up tube coming directly out of the front side of the tank just below the seam. If you are using a'48-'53 tank with the '54-'55 sender unit ,you will need to block off the original pick up tube hole, with either a plug or go to a radiator shop and have the tube cut out of the tank and a patch blazed on to cover the hole. This "reconfiguration", that I mentioned in my previous post, I did putting a '54 1 ton panel truck tank into a '48 1 ton pick up. Now as to the 12v /6v, the sender unit doesn't know the difference between 12v and 6v. BUT - the gas gauge will need an inline voltage reducer or you will burn out the 6v gas gauge if you convert to a 12v system.

Joe H gave me a good lead yogis sells a aftermaket one, i just need to check the mounting pattern and they are about $30.00, i would like to adapt a 55-62 12 volt gas guage into my guage cluster so i will not have to use a reducer. i know chevy gauges will interchange, i just need to find one. i will look at the trucks and cars at the next show

Modern Quick Ship GM Parts shows one in stock. It's part number 1515466. They're phone number is (800) 722-4828. They seem to have a mix of NOS and aftermarket stuff, so ask plenty of questions when you call. I have one of these NOS units for my burb, so if you need any dimensions if you're going to fabricate/modify one to make work, I'll be more han happy to to supply them. If they don't have what you need, check Ebay. I saw an NOS one last month, and they pop up there from time to time.

Is the burb tank different than the 47 truck because I believe that the 47 tank was undernearth.

The 47-48 tank was not in the cab (in was "underbody") and the Master Parts book shows that the same under-body tank sender was used from 1947-1953 (actually, the same from 1937-1953). This information makes the 54/55 panel body tank sender look like a real rarity.

Right on the mark tclederman! That's what I was talking about in my post about the rarity of the '54-'55 'burb or panel sending unit/pick up tube assembly. And speaking of gas tanks - the '47-'53 1/2 ton 'burb or panel are the same as the '47-'48 1/2 ton pick up. The 1 ton gas tank from the panel or pick up '47-'53 has different dimensions because the 1 ton frame is narrower. The 1/2 ton tank will not fit the 1 ton.

If you find one that's close but wrong screw pattern, just make an adapter/spacer and use two gaskets.

I THINK I FOUND A GOOD REPLACEMENT (NEW) IF IT WORKS OUT I WILL BE SELLING THEM AT MY EBAY STORE

I think the 1953/4 chevrolet passenger car is very similar to the 1947/53 Suburban sender. That's why I was asking for a picture. I am going to check it out this week, I will be where my trucks are..

Sooooo.. we help you and you find one and not tell us where? Is that what you mean?

Hey GMONIZ - the '53-'54 chev passenger car gas tank is about 4"-5" shallower than the 'burb/panel tank. You'll have to lengthen the pick up tube on the car sender to work on the 'burb tank, that's if the orientation of the float arm is in the same direction on both.

i was thinking the station wagon tank, not the car. Their tank is similar in size, but the orientation of the sender may be wrong. A picture would help. Maybe John will share the information that he found.

once the part gets home i will find out if i can make it work.

relax i just want to make sure it would work before i gave anyone the information. the sender will work on pre 1954 burbs it does not have a pickup tube. the manufactors is datcon and yogis part # is TAN-GME 0-30 OHM YOU CAN USE IT TO 1964 BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A PICKUP TUBE. www.yogisinc.com

it working now its time to fix the speedo