[Healeys] Gas gauge sender unit

[Randy Hicks]

I have this unit in my BJ8 and very happy with it. No fit issues and  
it took all the jumping around of the needle out.

Randy

Randy Hicks
'56 100M
'55 BN1 Dealer LeMans
'62 BN7 MkII
'65 BJ8
'53 MGTD
Healey100M at gmail.com






On Jul 18, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Dallas Congleton wrote:

> 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
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