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Subject: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol
From: tld6008 at mchsi.com (Tim Davis BN7)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 16:11:50 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks for the info. My original brass float is still good why, couldn't I just 
swap the float and wire arm extension?

Tim Davis BN7

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
To: tld6008 at mchsi.com
Cc: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 15:54:48 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol

Don't do it.  It will fill with gas in about two years and you will be doing 
this again.  All you have to do is buy a brass float and swap it out for the 
plastic one and sleep well at night. It just snaps right in. The brass float is 
a Ford part no. COAZ-9202-B. You can find them on eBay, Amazon, Summit Racing 
and even the Ford dealer.  Ethanol does not eat brass.Mike M.
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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Tim Davis BN7<tld6008 at mchsi.com> wrote:I 
had the powdery residue all over mine. I just bought a new one from Moss it has 
a plastic float. Hopefully it will hold up.


Tim Davis BN7

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
To: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:29:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol

This past weekend I removed the tank to extract the sending unit on my Bugeye 
because of a constant reading of empty on the gauge.  As suspected, the plastic 
float was filled with gasoline.  Ethanol!  While replacing the plastic float 
for brass and the cork gaskets for Viton type gaskets, I also swapped out the 
sending unit top cover cork gasket with a Viton type using Hylomar AF to seal 
things up.  The big surprise came when I found the rheostat cavity full of 
gasoline.  Must have entered through the hole in the sending unit body for the 
float lever.  Anyone have experience with this?  Should I be concerned?  I 
remember the original sending unit I removed form the Bugeye tank was full of a 
white powdery residue around the rheostat like it had also been filled with 
gasoline.  Anyone have experience with this?Mike MacLean


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