problem is, if you add anything to it, you will change the weight of the
unit and then the reading will be different. Foam btw will be dissolved
by petrol. I have seen the bowls replaced by cork though.
May be you can get the bowl thingy seperately?
Gernot
> ----------
> From: Malcolm Walker[SMTP:walker05@camosun.bc.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 1998 8:37 PM
> To: Gernot Vonhoegen
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Liquid in Gas tank sending unit float
>
> On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
>
> > There is probably a tiny split or hole in the jointing face of the
> unit,
> > anyway, if you can't see it you can't repair it, so bin it.
>
> Given that the level at which the float rides on the gasoline is less
> important than the fact that it floats-- couldn't you just wrap the
> bobber
> with some sort of floatation?
>
> Maybe some sort of foam ring- something unaffected by constant
> immersion
> in gasoline.
>
> -Malcolm
>
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