1984 Dodge Ram - Pull the Bed to fix the Fuel Tank Sending Unit

Let's fix the fuel tank once and for all!
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[@buckbill77]

Thanks for the videos! I'm in the middle of fixing my tank on a 83 and you're the only source I've found with similar setup. Looks like I'm picking up a used tank and sending unit tonight.

[@HFG]

I'm glad the videos were helpful 👍🏼👍🏼 I've been told that any of the Fuel injected tanks drop right in. I haven't tried it though

[@tonyachrismon3489]

Good video thank you, doing the same things to my 84 W150 but mine had been trashed bought it from my step daughters boyfriend he is the type that could tear a anvil up

[@HFG]

Oof. I know the type. I'm glad to hear that the truck is in better hands with you now. W's are awesome! Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼

[@nathankerry3256]

Beautiful truck

[@HFG]

Thanks!! I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out 👍🏼👍🏼

[@RealWorldGarage]

3:30 that’s Alabama red clay, it covers everything and is a preservative, we have it here in Mississippi too. 😂

[@HFG]

Yessir! I didn't even clean it off :) I always have a little bit of the south with me wherever I go!!

[@XGarage-nj2uf]

I have 2 1988 D150 Fuel injected trucks. First fuel injection was mid year 1987.

[@HFG]

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind if I have to find a new tank 👍🏼👍🏼

[@faroironandcustoms6577]

Feels like it is going to hurt. Every time I drive the Ranger lol.

[@faroironandcustoms6577]

Keep us posted. Less than 10 MPG sounds really bad. I would expect around 12 or more. My 63 Chevy with a 350, cammed and holey carb and 3.73, did 10-12 MPG.

[@HFG]

@@faroironandcustoms6577 Will do. I filled it up yesterday so I'll have some milage to figure out soon 👍🏼👍🏼

[@projectbumblejeep4190]

Looks like your filter stayed in the tank. Notice the filter on the end of you new unit, your old unit had no filter on it. Also, your bed most likely weighs about 175-200 lbs max. Also, oil pressure?

[@HFG]

When I converted it over to an electric pump I took the screen off since it was in bad shape and wasn't going to do anything. The oil pressure is a mechanical gauge mounted low on the dash so the in-dash one is disconnected. It's got 65psi cold 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Destroyer1320]

Nothing worse than a gas leak, such a sweet truck man great job!

[@HFG]

For sure. Can't afford to lose gas these days lol

[@MisterBewst]

I’ve got a Holley external fuel pump drawing from the factory sender. Works good for my efi

[@HFG]

Those work really well. I wanted mine in the tank for less noise and longer life.

[@MisterBewst]

@@HFG you’re absolutely correct that’s he way to do it 😂 I also got a pump that’s way too big. 1000 horsepower rated Holley blacktop. Sounds like a million bees are in my truck bed.

[@HFG]

@@MisterBewst wow. I bet it flows a ton of fuel. 👍🏼

[@MisterBewst]

@@HFG I’m changing it asap. Too loud. But for anyone else doing research for this problem, i just wanted to say it is possible to use the factory sender. However in the tank is the better option.

[@HFG]

@@MisterBewst external is definitely easier for sure. But yeah, id recommended using the external rather than building what I did. Unless someone has a lot of time to spend on it. Getting a later model efi tank would be the best choice. I think 90/91 tanks were efi 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@C_71]

I have a 1978 D150 long bed, I just remove all of the bolts and loosen the last two at the bumper. I lifted the bed on one side and put a jack stand underneath, then I worked on the tank. In also thinking about removing the charcoal canister and adding the rear tank instead of having the side tank.

[@HFG]

A rear tank might be a good idea for my application too. I think this tank is cracked but I can't see where. I have to take the bed off, or up like you did one more time to figure it out. 👍🏼

[@bryandamkaer3646]

by seeing the sending unit out of your truck ... seems you have the 22 gallon tank like mine.

[@HFG]

There's a stamping on the side of the tank in a circle. That is the capacity. Mines a 30 gal. I did confirm that when I filled it up after the video was posted since I wasn't sure 👍🏼👍🏼

[@henryescat1104]

Come hang out at BW GARAGE tonight! Friday at 7:30pm NOLA TIME... MIGHT BE 6:30 ON YOUR CLOCK!

[@blakenorman4822]

Awesome forks that slide on your tractor, way cool, what was the 6 panel or so guage you have on your dash, does that read air fuel ratio? where did you order it from? thanks for videos

[@HFG]

Thanks for watching. The digital thing on my dash is the Holley Sniper controller. It does read the AFR and several other things. You can program it to display whatever sensors you have installed, for the most part.

[@frankrizzo3922]

Ok well just wanted to tell ya those 1gen tanks come out in only 20 mins or so by dropping the two straps holding the tank in place... alot more trouble taking bed off the frame im sure.. I've gone carburetor on my 90' Dodge and I've had my tank out a few times due to removing electric fuel pump etc... i kept float for my gauge... anyway just my .02 cents.... Nice truck btw....... 😊

[@HFG]

Yessir. I've had the tank put about 5 times now but I wanted to try to see if there was a reason for the leak visible only when the tank was in the truck 👍🏼 I might need to find an EFI tank for it.

[@jamesbyars9837]

Great job, is the rear window aftermarket, what company, thanks

[@HFG]

It's a factory option window. 👍🏼

[@henryescat1104]

Nothing to it.. But to do it.. I had to drop my van tank to get to my sender unit.. And when I took/lowered the tank out, to put in in the new van.. I found my $30 pair of pliers were sitting on top the tank.. I wondered what happened to em..

[@HFG]

Glad you found the pliers!!!

[@natewelch6608]

what is the digital reader you have next to the gear shifter and what's is it for?

[@HFG]

That's the controller for the fuel injection. Holley Sniper handheld. It also acts as a gauge cluster, too.

[@angelsilva740]

What about your taillight

[@HFG]

What do you mean? I plugged them in. They work.

[@patrickmoore2810]

that is a correct 30 gallon unit the old one must have been replaced and is a 20 gallon unit

[@HFG]

I thought the Prospector package came with the 30 gallon tank. No idea though.

[@dakotasclassiccars7246]

That’s a 30 gallon tank. You can look for a circle stamped into the bottom of the tank that will read 30 in the circle

[@josepena5164]

You still have the charcoal canister on your truck?

[@HFG]

Yeah. I think only the gas tank vent is hooked up to it though. Can't remember

[@josepena5164]

@@HFG I'm trying to figure out how to completely remove the charcoal canister there but I don't know what to do with the fuel tank vent hose. No one in the forums for first gen has been able to give me a clear answer. It's got to be some sort of adapter you can put at the end of the hose to keep it venting.

[@HFG]

@@josepena5164 just unplug the vent hose and run the end somewhere that water and mud won't splash into it or bugs won't block it off. The charcoal canister just removes the saw gas smell. Why do you want to get rid of it?

[@josepena5164]

@@HFG Most of the first gen guys remove it. It's obsolete emissions technology. It's a charcoal canister from 84 so it's no good, no one sells aftermarket charcoal canisters for this truck. And mine is leading to a few vacuum leak issues that have been a nightmare to try and resolve.

[@HFG]

@@josepena5164 gotcha. Yeah then just remove it and maybe put something like an axle vent cap on the hose and tuck it away. My canister still works fine after all of these years. If it's unplugged I can smell fuel more than when it's plugged in so I just leave it there. Only the fuel tank vent goes to it. The engine isn't connected to any of the trucks original systems now anyway other than a couple of gauges and the ignition.

[@bernarddembowski3946]

Not according to my stepson don't need to know how much gas is in the vehicle you just drive it until it quits lollol that's why he walks alot

[@HFG]

😆😆

[@garyjohnson801]

All I ever do is just lift on side of the bed up. We have a 1982 dodge ram and a 1989 dodge ram and a 1991 Ramcharger 4x4 the 82 has is a pro street with a 440 and 727 trans and the 89 has a 408 stroker and a 727 4500 stall the ramcharger has a 360 and a A518 trans in it

[@HFG]

Awesome! How do you like the 518? I've been trying to find a good OD for mine. That's the 46RH, yeah? Is that OD and lockup? Or just OD?

[@garyjohnson801]

@@HFG I love it because they have a kit out now that makes the OD to work without computer. And I rebuild those transmission. And I have done paint and body for over 30 years

[@HFG]

@@garyjohnson801 I was talking about that in my junkyard crawl video. I saw an OD trans but I couldn't tell which one it was. Hopefully my aluminum case 4 speed OD survives at 425hp. I've heard that they're super weak 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@garyjohnson801]

@@HFG don't use one with lock up converter or valve body and put in a transgo shift improvement kit in the valve body to fix the weak spots

[@HFG]

@@garyjohnson801 The aluminum case 4 speed OD is an A833 manual.