Just destroyed my fuel level sender

[Racerhoze]

Drilling my level sender hat for some AN6 bulkhead fittings and my drill bit caught and ripped the assembly out of my hand and pretty munched trashed it. The rod the float rides on got bent bad enough so that I the float does not ride smoothly on it, and one of the small resistance wires snapped.

Has anyone retrofit a sender from another car successfully? I am trying to avoid buying a 270 dollar level sender...

[pauliescff]

I just recently bought one from the local pick n pull for around $12. Pulled it from a 1995 525. Works good so far. Seems pretty accurate. I have the old one with the updated fuel pump connector available. It doesn't read 100% accurate but it's available. It typicality reads about 1/8 lower

[CarterH]

As someone said about you can get a second hand one from a wreck but there are also cheap fuel senders you can get off eBay (though with something cheap from eBay you get what you paid for).

[Racerhoze]

I have yet to find a local pick-n-pull that has a single e34 in DFW. The closest thing I know of is in Austin... 200 miles south.

Pauliescff, what would you want for your semi-accurate sender?

[pauliescff]

Make an offer plus shipping. I promise it works. It just read lower than actual.

[hellspcangel911]

Udib

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[ross1]

Have you found one?
I think I might have one but need to do some scrounging. PM if you still need it.
A masonry bit is less likely to grab and crack the plastic.

[Racerhoze]

Yep, I was actually able to find one from someone local parting out a car. I ended up using some precision metal hole cutters to cut the holes for my fuel fittings.