Talking about a glass of wine: a cork will do as well.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
John Sims schreef:
> And, when all else fails, do what I did and make up an Emergency Fuel Dip
> Stick as developed by Jim Lea in Maine. I carry one in my boot and it works
> well. AND, I remembered this time that the instructions to make one can be
> found on the Technical page of my site!!!!! A glass of wine at dinner erased
> my Senior moments and gave me a clear head.
>
> BTW my fuel gauge now reads full which it should. Let's see if it goes down
> after driving a while. Ah, the mysteries of Healeydom.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> http://www.healey6.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of BJ8 Healeys
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:48 PM
> To: 'Healey List'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas gauge sender unit
>
> I ordered a replacement sending unit from Moss several years ago. I
> installed it, but about three days later when the gas gauge registered
> permanently empty I found a small crack in the plastic float at the end of
> the curve in the float arm wire where the float clips in, same as yours. I
> sent that unit back and they sent me another one with a HOLE in the same
> place right out of the box. I told Moss that I thought they needed to have
> a look at the way the end of the wire was cut off, that it was too sharp and
> was damaging the plastic float. All they need to do is add a small curve at
> the end of the wire in the opposite direction. Sounds like they didn't do
> anything about it.
> The third unit came with the plastic float that I replaced with the Ford
> brass float, but the rheostat coil in that one was wound very sloppily and
> producted an erratic gauge.
> I gave up on the Moss unit and went back to the original (a spare given to
> me by someone who had sold his BJ8).
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC
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