cork for fuel sender

[archie]

Can craft store cork be used to replace the cork on my 1933 pontiac sender? Does it need to be coated with any thing? Thanks Archie

[Guest imported_Joe Kieliszek]

Hello,

You would probably want to use cork from a bottle stopper rather

than the composite cork used for bulletin boards..

McMaster-Carr carries tapered cork stoppers up to 2-1/4" on the

large diameter x 1-1/2" thick. A couple coats of shellac followed

by a dip in some gas tank sealer would keep it from getting

saturated..

Thanks,

Joe Kieliszek

[Guest Albert]

I would rather take a modern type float and use that, with alls these new stuff they add to the gasolene, who know what it will desolve, as no on will ever see it once its in the tank..

[Peter J.Heizmann]

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[D Binger]

You can get new cork float for fuel gauges from any Model A Ford parts supplier.

[Mark Shaw]

You can drink the wine & glue enough corks together with super glue to replicate your float. this works for carb floats too.

Mark Shaw

Vancouver, WA.

[archie]

Thanks for all the information.I'm going to try to adapt a brass float from a Hyster fork lift.It is about the right size and is just clipped to the arm. Archie