fuel sending unit in tank long/short bed

[1066farmall]

I have a sending unit out of a long bed truck and a friend needs one for his short bed. will it work in his short bed if it is out of a long bed truck?

thanks for any help!!!!

[1995 cummins]

Of the tank holds the same amount of fuel i don't see why not

[Pocket]

Originally Posted by 1995 cummins

Of the tank holds the same amount of fuel i don't see why not

Actually they don't. Short beds and long beds have different sized tanks.

[1066farmall]

thanks pocket, I did not know if it would work. I did not want to pull his tank out and try it for fun if you know what I mean...

[1066farmall]

I did see somewhere that someone modified the float on the long bed sending unit to work on a short bed. I don't really know if I want to take a chance at hurting my sending unit and it might not work.

[4x4dually]

Put a DMM on the two wires from both the sending units. Take a reading in ohms at the top and bottom of each. You'll know if they will work pretty quick.

If the one you are taking out is not working properly, it should probably still read at the top and bottom since it is not in those positions very often compared to the middle of the range. Got a picture of it?

[1066farmall]

here it is and my other truck...

[1995 cummins]

Originally Posted by Pocket

Actually they don't. Short beds and long beds have different sized tanks.

I wasn't aware of that , thanks for the info

[Lostnwalmart]

If its a float style sending unit and the tanks are the same depth it will work fine. I'm using my factory float on my truck with a smaller 1/2 ton tank and no problems. It is a dodge however.