crazyhorse Member 14 Member For: 16y 1m 15d Gender: Female Location: Brisbane Posted 24/04/17 10:34 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 10:34 AM Hi all My 2008 FG turbo ute has a faulty fuel sender. Ford want to sting me $790 to replace it. Found the part on eBay for $120. Anyone had any experience in replacing these and are they hard to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,435 Member For: 15y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/04/17 10:42 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 10:42 AM yep either drop the tank cut hole in top of tray or lift up the tub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,268 Member For: 16y 10m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/04/17 10:42 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 10:42 AM (edited) sounds like ford wanted to remove and then refit a whole tank For sedan: There a connection in the fuel module just underneath the rear passenger seat on the left-hand side to a float arm. If the float arm is the problem, then you will likely need to remove the tank to fix it. If the electrical sender bit connected to the float arm is the issue then it's just a matter of replacing that bit and refitting the fuel module. For ute: you do have to remove the tank from the car to install it, so the price from Ford probably included quite a few hours of labour. EDIT: didn't realise it was a ute... Edited 24/04/17 10:45 AM by k31th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyhorse Member 14 Member For: 16y 1m 15d Gender: Female Location: Brisbane Posted 24/04/17 10:53 AM Author Share Posted 24/04/17 10:53 AM Yup sounds like it's a bit too much to do at home or test the patience of the husband... worth the $780 to not have to deal with that tantrum haha. Thanks guys, appreciate the quick responses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/04/17 11:06 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:06 AM I can have an FG ute tank out, pump swop ( inc sender ) and back in all in around 30min FG is easy !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,268 Member For: 16y 10m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/04/17 11:07 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:07 AM unbolting and lifting up the tray instead? or hole cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/04/17 11:20 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:20 AM Nope Drop the whole tank down from below, never ever lifted a tub or cut a hole up on the hoist and a few support brackets and out she comes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,268 Member For: 16y 10m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/04/17 11:21 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:21 AM doesn't sound like 30min... but I'll trust you, ya filthy slurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/04/17 11:29 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:29 AM The ute tank is held up by only Two big support straps that go all the way around the tank with 15mm bold heads fasteners on the FG the fuel filler is shorter and fixed to the tank and the top connections are left in place but disconnected by the 90* lower push fittings comes out like a glove the B series is a touch longer process with needing to slide the diff back 150mm but that's only a tailshaft and 8 "U" bracket bolts on the leafs see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,268 Member For: 16y 10m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/04/17 11:31 AM Share Posted 24/04/17 11:31 AM sounds like you need to write up a "how-to" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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