Re: Exact replacement float for 1941-47 Clipper gas tank sending unit
Posted by su8overdrive On 2023/7/6 0:27:50
Thank you, gents. Of course gas gauges aren't precision instruments. Still nice to have them work the best they ever did leaving Detroit. Soaking the cork in lacquer thinner softens, helps remove the Varathane.
The co-owner of a Packard-only shop said they used to bake the original corks in the sun or use a hairdryer until thoroughly dry, then redip in shellac.
But today, is Por-15 good on cork as the 2009 item in Auto Restorer Drs. Grosz shared suggests? If so, that's the ticket.
Though the unit itself good, as long as it's off the car, would spraying some electrical or tuner cleaner in the pictured orifice/weep hole be a good idea, in case there's any oxidation? But nothing else, right, no Tri-Flow Superior Lubricant or WD-40? Dr. Hanson (HH56) wondered about the fiber the resistance element wire wrapped in swelling. (The unit's cleaner than the picture suggests. I wasn't finished cleaning off the old gasket, etc.)
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The co-owner of a Packard-only shop said they used to bake the original corks in the sun or use a hairdryer until thoroughly dry, then redip in shellac.
But today, is Por-15 good on cork as the 2009 item in Auto Restorer Drs. Grosz shared suggests? If so, that's the ticket.
Though the unit itself good, as long as it's off the car, would spraying some electrical or tuner cleaner in the pictured orifice/weep hole be a good idea, in case there's any oxidation? But nothing else, right, no Tri-Flow Superior Lubricant or WD-40? Dr. Hanson (HH56) wondered about the fiber the resistance element wire wrapped in swelling. (The unit's cleaner than the picture suggests. I wasn't finished cleaning off the old gasket, etc.)
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