[Healeys] Gas gauge sender unit

[Dallas Congleton]

There is an eBay vendor named noslocators that sells a better reproduction 
fuel level sending than the Moss unit.
It does have a plastic float

Here is a link to one presently listed
http://tinyurl.com/n4qpzp

Dallas




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
To: "'Healey List'" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas gauge sender unit


>I ordered a replacement sending unit from Moss several years ago.  I
> installed it, but about three days later when the gas gauge registered
> permanently empty I found a small crack in the plastic float at the end of
> the curve in the float arm wire where the float clips in, same as yours. 
> I
> sent that unit back and they sent me another one with a HOLE in the same
> place right out of the box.  I told Moss that I thought they needed to 
> have
> a look at the way the end of the wire was cut off, that it was too sharp 
> and
> was damaging the plastic float.  All they need to do is add a small curve 
> at
> the end of the wire in the opposite direction.  Sounds like they didn't do
> anything about it.
> The third unit came with the plastic float that I replaced with the Ford
> brass float, but the rheostat coil in that one was wound very sloppily and
> producted an erratic gauge.
> I gave up on the Moss unit and went back to the original (a spare given to
> me by someone who had sold his BJ8).
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC