Beautiful day in Georgia yesterday, temperatures in the low seventies and my
wife and I had a wonderful drive in our '76 TR6 . Started out and ended with
problems though. My battery was low and while pulling the bonnet release,
the handle broke off in my hand. A handy pair of vise-grips saved the day,
but I am in the market for a new bonnet release cable unless someone has a
neat trick for replacing the pull handle. The problem didn't ruin the drive.
However, the fuel gauge registered empty the entire time, though I know I had
gasoline. After returning, I removed the sending unit from the tank and the
nylon float is obviously full of gas. The unit works when I manually
manipulated the arm so I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion for
something to seal and coat the float with after I allow the gas to evaporate
out of the crack. Still grinning from the drive though. All in all a
wonderful day.
David Gill
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