Exact replacement float for 1941-47 Clipper gas tank sending unit

Posted by su8overdrive On 2023/7/5 17:23:56

Installed a NOS gas tank sending unit in my '47 Super Clipper in 1987 after dipping the cork in clear Varathane. Worked fine going on 36 years but now "gas logged."
I don't need to hear about Varathane not being the best. That was then.

What's wanted now is what would be the best substance to redip the float after baking it in the hot sun for an afternoon?

That, and does anyone know an exact replacement float that will give the same reading at the gauge? Please, no "mights," guesses, only what you've successfully used, where you got it. Again, the unit and dash gauge are a-ok.

This is a cork float issue.

Every time someone poses the simplest question, instead of hearing only from those who know, we wind up with a dozen reinventing the wheel surmises.

Am posting this on the General forum because these cars are pre- and postwar.