Rebuilt 67 fuel sending unit
Well gang, in the search for those last few elusive points in my run towards a 97% at this year's Joplin Regional, I sent my believed to be original fuel sending unit out for rebuild.
I read a few threads here describing the current GM replacement part and its cost ($300 or so). I also read that it is no longer made in the US, so it does not have the US stamp on it anymore. That in my mind would still cause the judges to deduct for it.
So, I read another thread that recommended a fuel sending unit rebuilder. I didn't want to try that job myself.
I sent it to John Wolf & Co.
I started off by calling and John himself answered the phone. We had a nice conversation for about 30 minutes. He explained that the midyear Corvette fuel sending units were $165 to rebuild. I sent him $177 to help pay for return shipping back to MN. He said he has done a lot of Corvette fuel sending units. He does a lot of other work too like antique car and airplane gauge rebuilds.
Here's what I started with:
And here's what came back:
Overall I'm pretty happy. I spent about half of what a GM repop fuel sending unit would have cost me, and I have my original completely restored.
If you want to see another angle of the unit, I can take more pictures. It won't be going in the car until April.
I read a few threads here describing the current GM replacement part and its cost ($300 or so). I also read that it is no longer made in the US, so it does not have the US stamp on it anymore. That in my mind would still cause the judges to deduct for it.
So, I read another thread that recommended a fuel sending unit rebuilder. I didn't want to try that job myself.
I sent it to John Wolf & Co.
I started off by calling and John himself answered the phone. We had a nice conversation for about 30 minutes. He explained that the midyear Corvette fuel sending units were $165 to rebuild. I sent him $177 to help pay for return shipping back to MN. He said he has done a lot of Corvette fuel sending units. He does a lot of other work too like antique car and airplane gauge rebuilds.
Here's what I started with:
And here's what came back:
Overall I'm pretty happy. I spent about half of what a GM repop fuel sending unit would have cost me, and I have my original completely restored.
If you want to see another angle of the unit, I can take more pictures. It won't be going in the car until April.
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