TheBadTimingClub Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Hi, Can anyone offer some advice on where I can find a fuel sender for a 1986 F250 with a 351w? When replacing fuel tanks, I scrapped the sender from the 19 gallon side (midship) tank thinking I could get a replacement and it was pretty crusty from sitting in a barn for 25 years. Turns out the 1980-84 sender is readily available, but only has a pickup and no return, and is also a 2" flange. Anything that I can find for an 86ish year has an electric fuel pump. The 351W was the only carbed engine in the 85-86 range, and everything after that has an in-tank electric pump and fuel injection. I can either hunt junk yards for a 85-86 truck with the 5.8l and a midship tank that is not too far gone, or maybe ebay. But does anyone have an idea on a way to retrofit/swap maybe the electric pickup version without the in-tank pump? Or maybe I run an electric pump in the midship tank and use it to fill the rear tank? I would need to splice some lines and a one-way valve for that, but I could probably use the tank selector switch to turn on the pump relay. Also, if anyone wants a 1980-84 19 gallon midship sender for cheap, let me know. I think I am past returning it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 .....Anything that I can find for an 86ish year has an electric fuel pump. The 351W was the only carbed engine in the 85-86 range, and everything after that has an in-tank electric pump and fuel injection. Nope. The 460 had a carb & mechanical fuel pump through 1987. I bought one for my truck from LMC two years back. Let me see if I can find the part number ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 So you need a rear sender, large bung, two pin, no pump, with inlet and outlet and 10 -->75 Ohm range for a 1986 351 H.O. I don't think LMC considered the H.O. But I can tell you that on pg. 78 of the current online catalog, you need p/n 43-4044 Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 So you need a rear sender, large bung, two pin, no pump, with inlet and outlet and 10 -->75 Ohm range for a 1986 351 H.O. I don't think LMC considered the H.O. But I can tell you that on pg. 78 of the current online catalog, you need p/n 43-4044 Hope this helps. Doh! Side tank. Pg.77, 'C' #43-4048, $69.95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Doh! Side tank. Pg.77, 'C' #43-4048, $69.95 I started to sweat when I read this since I'm in the same boat but then remembered the sender in the LMC catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I started to sweat when I read this since I'm in the same boat but then remembered the sender in the LMC catalog. Now if only they sold them in 156--->16 Ohm. THAT'S impossible to find! The joys of owning a one year wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBadTimingClub Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Doh! Side tank. Pg.77, 'C' #43-4048, $69.95 Thanks. Ordered and hopefully it is the right part. Never shopped with LMC before but they seem to have everything. Maybe I am the youngest guy on here, but it would be cool of they had an internet-searchable online store instead of a catalog. Here is a picture of the rig. Need to mount the trim, add the blue tape stripe, install an axle drop bracket to fix the camber (came with a huge lift), rebuild the steering gear and it should be ready to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks. Ordered and hopefully it is the right part. Never shopped with LMC before but they seem to have everything. Maybe I am the youngest guy on here, but it would be cool of they had an internet-searchable online store instead of a catalog. Here is a picture of the rig. Need to mount the trim, add the blue tape stripe, install an axle drop bracket to fix the camber (came with a huge lift), rebuild the steering gear and it should be ready to drive. Yeah, we're old farts, but we're contemporaneous to these trucks. (I've owned mine 32 years) So, many of the members have a good handle on what to look for, and have btdt. The most valuable guy at the auto parts store is the one who knows the paper catalog inside out. Whose drop pivots are you going with? How much lift is really under there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks. Ordered and hopefully it is the right part. Never shopped with LMC before but they seem to have everything. Maybe I am the youngest guy on here, but it would be cool of they had an internet-searchable online store instead of a catalog. Here is a picture of the rig. Need to mount the trim, add the blue tape stripe, install an axle drop bracket to fix the camber (came with a huge lift), rebuild the steering gear and it should be ready to drive. Let us know, I couldn’t find one. Skeptical anyone has one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Let us know, I couldn’t find one. Skeptical anyone has one. Dane, all I can say is they've been working (halfway & backwards in my '87) truck since Sept 2016 Go back to FTE posts showing the work while I had my truck apart for paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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