broken fuel sending unit

[ilsha]

the thing the fuel line attachs to on the sending unit busted off, is there a fix for it other then buying a new sending unit here is a picture to give you a better idea http://www.geocities.com/ilshax/117_1756.JPG

[180fan]

ouch. Looks like you're in for a new sender unit for the cheapest fix. Check out the buy/sell/trade board, they might have some sender units around or you can call around your local yard. Dealership brand new might be quite the expensive way to go...

[ilsha]

i dont really want to buy a used one thatll just end up breaking again soon and the local shops said id have to hit up the dealer for this part i can just imagin how much that would be so i was wanting some ideas suggestions on how to fix this i know it cant be that hard is there any chance i could solder it to fix it?

[Touchdown038]

I would also check the junkyards, because it's not like if you get a used one it'll just end up breaking anyways. The sending unit really isn't a wear part anyways, how did it break?

[ilsha]

well i had a fuel leak which progressed to really bad where fuel would pour off my gas tank so i had to check it out took off the plate that covers the sending unit in the trunk and it was pretty damp with gas around there so i tried pulling off the fuel hoses so i could check for cracks etc before i dropped the gas tank but when trying to remove the fuel line that piece busted off im assuming there was my leak

[180fan]

looks like there was some crazy rust over there. I'd try spraying the area down with the underbody rubber spray stuff to try to keep moisture away when you get a replacement. but I would go looking around for a used part though. It's just cheaper.

[ilsha]

yea i know i can get a used part cheaper but fixing it myself would be even cheaper and i wanted to know some ways of doing it its pretty straight forward

[ilsha]

i know the unit looks bad but the rest of it is solid i was thinking maybe slipping a piece of brake line in the hole a tiny bit smaller and soldering it on the inside and the outer part but i wasnt sure if solder would bond well or be abile to withstrand the pressure someone told me to use silver solder and others said silver solder will have to heat up to much and burn a hole in it

[180fan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33555

that might help you along.