I have found that a Jaguar XJ6 series 2 (i think) float is the same as
the TR6 and is available. It cost about 5 bucks
Larry Miceli
'76 TR6
'73 Stag
'66 Herald
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:57:33 -0800 (PST) Malcolm Walker
<walker05@camosun.bc.ca> writes:
>
>On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Trevor Jordan wrote:
>
>> >My TR6 fuel gauge reads 1/2 to 3/4 when full and somewhere around
>the
>> >floor when empty.The other day when the gauge read zero I filled it
>> >up,only took 1/2 a tank.Before I take the sender out to clean,any
>other
>> >ideas.
>>
>> A 100 Ohm resistor across the tank sender leads should produce a
>reading of
>> one third of a tank. This should tell you whether the guage or the
>sender
>> is at fault. Split and sinking floats on the sender are fairly
>common and
>> it is difficult/impossible to find replacement floats, so you have
>to buy a
>> new sender (at great expense).
>
>Is there any sort of product out there that could withstand being
>partially immersed in gasoline, yet would be possible to form into a
>float?
>
>I'm well aware that I could solder up a tin can and use it, but that's
>cheating.
>
>How long would a cork last? You could probably get a great big wine
>cork,
>drill it to fit around the (leaking) float, stake in in place, et
>voila.
>
>With my car, I get unreliable readings-- the gauge reads 3/4 tank when
>I'm
>right full, 1/4 tank when 3/4 full, (just under) 1/2 tank when 1/2
>full,
>and correctly from 1/4 tank to empty (I found this out once- when it
>reads
>"E", there's no gas left. At all.)
>
>Hence I doubt I have a sinking float, but rather bad traces/coils
>inside
>the sending unit :-(
>
>It may be possible to fix but I'm not holding my breath. For now I
>just
>fill it *full* and make sure it never reads "E" (again).
>
>-Malcolm
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