Fuel Sender Float

mrpatatomoto · Postby **mrpatatomoto** » 08 Nov 2013 22:39

Is the float on the fuel level sender supposed to have fluid in it? My assumption is no, but I've tried squeezing it to check for holes and nothing comes out. Its about 2/3 full of fluid.

Thanks,

~Mike
1975 TR7 FHC

darrellw · Postby **darrellw** » 08 Nov 2013 22:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mrpatatomoto

Is the float on the fuel level sender supposed to have fluid in it? My assumption is no, but I've tried squeezing it to check for holes and nothing comes out. Its about 2/3 full of fluid.
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No, it should not have fuel in it. I've heard of folks drilling a small hole to drain the fuel, then melting it shut with a soldering iron. But it may just fill up again after a while.

There is a brass Ford float that works for the TR8, it may be the right size for the TR7, too.

Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA

mrpatatomoto · Postby **mrpatatomoto** » 08 Nov 2013 22:46

[quote]Originally posted by darrellw

No, it should not have fuel in it. I've heard of folks drilling a small hole to drain the fuel, then melting it shut with a soldering iron. But it may just fill up again after a while.

There is a brass Ford float that works for the TR8, it may be the right size for the TR7, too.

Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA
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Thats what I thought, Thanks, Im gonna try and find a sock that will fit ill look for a float while im there.

<s>Do you know what year ford?</s> Nevermind, the Float from our 68 fits, Always nice when you have the parts you need int he garage already

~Mike
1975 TR7 FHC

Hasbeen · Postby **Hasbeen** » 09 Nov 2013 00:35

The fuel gets in by osmosis.

I drilled a small hole in the 23 year old float in my 7, to get a small amount of fuel out, plugging the hole with a trimmed bit of Kebab stick. A match stick will do. The wood swells when soaked with petrol just as it does when soaked in water.

When I pulled the tank last year, it had a smaller amount of fuel back in it, after 12 years.

I replaced it with the one out of my spares car. It had a small amount of fuel in it, when I pulled the sender out of it about 12 years ago. After 12 years in the shed it was dry inside.

So there is your choice, depending on whether you are in a hurry. You can either drill a hole, drain the thing, & plug the hole, or leave it sitting in a warm dry shed for 12 years.

Hasbeen

Workshop Help · Postby **Workshop Help** » 09 Nov 2013 00:39

Yes, Mike, a little innovative thinking goes along way and costs so little. The factory sending unit on a 1927 Chevrolet used a piece of cork as a float. So, about 20 years ago, I did that same cork trick on a 1967 Mercury Comet. It worked! Should anyone out there have a decent sized wine bottle cork, don't throw it away. It could be your next sending unit float.

Mildred Hargis

Odd · Postby **Odd** » 09 Nov 2013 07:43

Apart from the Jaguar float (part number JLM772) which is exactly the same Smiths float, only new not aged - there is the Ford solution: part no COAZ-9202-B from for instance http://macsautoparts.com/, it's used in LOTS of US Ford vehicles from the 50's and forward...

Cobber · Postby **Cobber** » 09 Nov 2013 10:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mildred

Should anyone out there have a decent sized wine bottle cork, don't throw it away. It could be your next sending unit float.
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I don't drink filthy wine so I can't expect to get any from there,
but it's a good excuse to buy some top shelf single malt scotch as it's often sold in bottles sealed by a cork![:D]

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'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
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