Thread: '52 Chevy 3100 pickup w/splits

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One thing i'll share - do you notice how i am not going into supporting the fuel tank? - when fullay assembled i tested the tanks and sending unit thoroughly, double tested it until i was without doubt it was perfect. I installed it, restested the sending unit with the new gage...it worked perfect. We made the fuel lines etc and put the bed back on it.
The pic shows the tabs i welded to the tank that i bent over the fuel line and another for the sending unit line. very tidy, right? I run the line or wire thru the middle and bend each side over to hold it.
Do you know welding to the tank will burn out a sending unit?
Yup!
I welded the tabs after testing and never gave it a second thought, i had to take the whole bed back off and replace the sending unit, it was fried and curled up.
I'm sharing this so's you guys will know better than to weld on a tank with the sending unit in it.