extending a 97+ fuel sender?

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OK, plans are to do a 97+ swap. for the gas tank problem I plan to use an 19 gallon RCI aluminium fuel cell with this fuel ring (http://www.midwest-offroad.com/FuelCellRing.html) so I can use the stock sender. I have seen that the TJ crowd has used the 15 gallon ones with lock rings to reuse the TJ fuel sender and it sits very close to the bottom. the thing is that the 19 gallon is 12 inches high while the 15 gallon is 9 inches high. I do not have easy access to the XJ sender right now so I cannot look at it. but what would be involved in modifying the sender to reach the bottom of the tank? Looks like making a new float arm out of a small steel or aluminium rod would be pretty easy. How about the intake tube with the sock attached? is it something that I could just extend the tube down 3 inches? or can anyone think of a better way to make it work?

 

Thanks,

Jonathan