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fuel sender into early fuel tank
Golde60 - June 20th, 2004 at 11:17 PM

hi all

anyone have any experience with putting a sender into an early fuel tank

the tank is from my 60, is the upright type, with tall filler, similar to oval.

really need to know if anyone has any recommendation as to what type of sender will suit best.

to be used with VDO gauge

VWFOOL - June 20th, 2004 at 11:19 PM

im very interested to know this as well,
previous owners of my sisters 60 bug did this and hooked to a later speedo with inbuilt fuel gauge but not sure how they did it.
id like to know im on empty in the oval b4 i go for a drive next time.

Golde60 - June 20th, 2004 at 11:22 PM

sam:

do you know whether that dude who bought your wheels got the caps yet?

i got a call from him last week

VWFOOL - June 20th, 2004 at 11:26 PM

wat did he say wen he called u?
i havent spoken to him for a while, did u send them and u just want to know if he got them?
best to send him an email thanks mate:)

Golde60 - June 20th, 2004 at 11:44 PM

i sent them. got a call from him wondering where they were.
told him they were on the way
just wondering if you had heard if they arrived.

i spose no news is good news

vw54 - June 21st, 2004 at 08:20 AM

Yes i fitted one in my Oval its a VDO aftermarket type

You have to bend the arms to make it read in the early tank.

Dasdubber - June 21st, 2004 at 08:21 AM

My friend had an autometer sender installed into the top of his oval tank. Pretty straight forward - had a tank guy (who does welding etc on them) cut the hole and drill the mounting holes to be used with self tapping screws. Although not as good as a threaded hole, everything appears to hold very well. The autometer sender is adjustable to get the right readings but not sure of the ohm rating etc the vdo gauge might need.

Che Castro - June 21st, 2004 at 06:24 PM

Mmmm im interested in this too. Dave, how involved is the aftermarket VDO type? did u have to drill a big hole in the tank or did it fit inside the filler neck?

Grey 57 - June 21st, 2004 at 06:52 PM

The VDO one I had in my oval was out of a late 50's Karman Ghia. The tanks have a fuel sender and fir straight in to an early beetle.
Its was a tubular type with the float sliding up and down in a tube.
Maybe the same as early split Kombi too.

vw54 - June 21st, 2004 at 09:40 PM

No i think its only about 40 mm or so size hole... fits up pretty easy

Get a sender unit from Vintage... they have eum in stock it has all the instructions not 2 hard to do

VWFOOL - June 21st, 2004 at 09:59 PM

i want so much info on this i dont know who to do it

Golde60 - June 22nd, 2004 at 10:56 PM

will get in touch with V V D S

Golde60 - July 16th, 2004 at 02:58 PM

just got mine put in the post

DAMN not cheap.

200 odd dollars

ouch

Che Castro - July 16th, 2004 at 04:51 PM

ouch! got any pics?

nbturbo - July 16th, 2004 at 05:32 PM

In the VDO catalogue they have 2 weld in flanges-one for 54mm PCD tank unit and one for 80mm PCD unit.They also have a sandwich type for 54mm units.I have welded in a 54mm one to my Oval tank and they have a good range of tank units(Tube Type)of different lengths and Ohm values to suit VDO fuel guages.I haven't bought my tank unit yet but think I need 220726(this is an old part number) which is 373mm long and 66 Ohms and 54mm PCD for mounting screws.