[6pack] floats

[Jeff Fetner]

Oliver,

  I've had 2 plastic floats go bad in 2 years, which coincided with the 
mandatory introduction of ethanol in Hawaii.  Both were used but OK when put 
in.  When taken out both had cracks in the area where they snap into the 
loop on the wire arm.  Maybe the ethanol somehow makes the plastic brittle 
by leaching out whatever makes it flexible; once it becomes brittle it gets 
a stress crack and slowly fills up.

  Anyway, so far so good with the brass Mustang one.  I heard its used on 
Ford Ranger pick-ups too.

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] floats


> this is interesting info, and obviously had been up before.
>
> has anyone used the mustang float?  i'm curious because i put the plastic
> float in just a couple years ago, and now it's a sink <grin>  i would 
> think it
> would last longer; the one in my mg has.
>
> has anyone else had issues with the plastic float?  am i just unlucky?