Mike,
That's the Mustang float that I referenced in a previous email. It's from
any Mustang built between '65 & '73 "
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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From: 6pack-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of michael lunsford
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:24 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Gas tank float and OD problem solved
I had a similar problem with my gas gauge sending unit float and got the
answer from someone on the list (thanks to whoever that was). They
recommended that I take the old float off and take it down to the Ford
dealer where they sell a very similar one for one of their cars. The parts
guy knew by sight what I needed and got me a brass one (which is what they
should have used in the first place) and charged me less than $10.00. It
just snaps back into the semicircular wire lever and "bob's your uncle".
On another issue I asked for advice from the list about my A type OD which
would not re-engage after I had driven the car for an hour or so while using
the OD. I recently found a loose connection where the OD harness on the
transmission mates to the one on the steering column OD selector. In
checking the connection further I discovered the problem was probably the
barrell type female connector that connected the two male ends. I removed
the barrel connector and discovered that the metal insert that grasps the
two male ends (this is not meant as erotica though it begins to sound like
it) had broken into three pieces. The result was that the three metal
pieces were lying loose inside the rubber surround but still making contact
with the two ends of the harness. As the connector and wires warmed up from
use the rubber surrounding the metal became softer reducing the strength of
the contact and causing the circuit to be unable to carry the necessary
current to engage the OD. At least that's what I think was happening.
Strange things happen when you are dealing with electrical parts (especially
LUCAS parts) that are 40 or so years old.
Mike Lunsford
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