Fuel Level Sender -- 1983 GS850L

[Guest]

Looking for a new fuel level sender. I picked up a project bike late last fall and now that it's warming up enough to spend real time in the garage I've started working on it a little more. The previous owner garaged the bike for nearly 20 years with zero storage prep. I emptied the tank today to see what would come out and it wasn't pretty. Good-ish news is that lightly scraping around in the tank made it seem that what remained was mostly fuel sludge. I'll write more about the rust removal process in a different post. However, the 20 years in a bad fuel mixture did a number on the fuel level send unit. The insulation around the hot wire has completely broken down and is chunking off. I am fine replacing the unit in the tank, leaving the wires unplugged and wrapped and continuing with the restore process, but I'd like to replace it eventually. Does anyone know where to find one off the top of their head? I'd like to buy from a forum member if you've got one you'd like to offload. Thought that I'd throw it out there before purchasing from a retailer.


https://i.imgur.com/vV4ylGh.jpg (fuel water sludge rust mixture)

https://i.imgur.com/XGlQlvA.jpg (fuel level sending unit)

https://i.imgur.com/i83pbRx.jpg (fuel level sending unit)

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Welcome. Don’t have one for you but I see you have an Imgur account. You can follow the link in my signature to learn how to post up to 10 images in a post so the pics show up in the post rather than a link.

[Rust_to_Redemption]

Welcome. I dont know that anyone would just have a good one sitting around, but there are several that look to be in good condition on ebay for $15-$30. There even appears to be a NOS one for $70 (only going off of google shopping images, cant access ebay at work). I would personally buy the cheapest one I could find on ebay, and then verify function; if it doesnt work correctly, there is a tutorial on http://gsarchive.bwringer.com/ on how to repair it.

[DevoutClient]

Thank you for doing the eBay legwork for me. Figured I'd first check if I could help a forum member out by buying from them. eBay seems the most likely route all things considered. I'll check out that rebuild guide and see if there's any hope for the one I've got. Thanks for the responses!