My build is coming on well. Now planning to fit a fuel tank and lines for my 1.8 CVH donor engine with carburettors. Each step is a learning experience so more advice would be gratefully appreciated, please.

I plan to buy a ready made aluminium tank [as I am not set up for TIG welding] and need to specify it for a suitable sender. Should I use the sender from my donor car, or buy a new one?

I haven't taken the fuel tank out of my donor Sierra, but the manual suggests it has an in-tank pump and sender unit as one.

I have had a look at sender units and see some are float driven and others just a column. The column design seems more sensible to me? I presume I would have to buy a suitable pump (which one?) and fit this between tank and engine plus fit an inline filter?

Grateful for advice from those who have done this before.

Thanks

I would have said it all depends on your gauges, If your going to use the stock sierra gauges go for the sierra sender.

I've just got a cheap sender off ebay and a facet fuel pump (stock carbs) and it seems to work fine.

you could use a mini pick up sender it works fine in mine i also have a small electric fuel pump now as the stock pumps are not very reliablr.