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02-25-2016, 12:40 PM | #1 |
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Fuel sender float cork saturated
I need to replace the fuel sender float on the 37 Ford. I has what appears to be the original cork float that all the varnish has melted away and is now saturated with fuel. C and G offer two floats for these cars that are brass. Which, if any, of these will fit my sender and how are they attached? Thanks.
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02-25-2016, 12:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Fuel sender float cork saturated
I had the same problem with my '37 and replaced the cork float with two of these >
http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/gauge-float-only
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Re: Fuel sender float cork saturated
BTW - I epoxied the two together and sprayed them with clear, fuel-proof, model airplane dope....
Photo shows the removed original cork float and the newly installed replacement float....
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Re: Fuel sender float cork saturated
I used a modern car float salvaged from a replaced fuel pump assembly--- look in the trash at most any garage
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They can't be used in our application. They require a 'hook' on the sender arm. This is why I did what I did....
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Solder will work on a brass float. Bruce
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The arm is steel though. Cold solder joints. Too much of a hassle....
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Re: Fuel sender float cork saturated
M 37,
A 94 carb float works quite perfectly....just solder it on the hook. Charlie ny |
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Re: Fuel sender float cork saturated
The OE cork float on my '47 sender was saturated. Sender works fine. I had a Drake sending unit kit with a hollow poly-float bulb. It snapped right-in-place in the loop of the original wire arm of the old cork float.
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02-26-2016, 12:37 AM | #16 |
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Look at the picture Mark posted of his sending unit above. There is no 'hook' on it like yours....
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