Fuel Tank Sender Float substitution

[raystewart]

My 50 Plymouth came with a non-functioning fuel gauge so I grounded the wire and suddenly a full tank!  Wonderful, the wiring is OK, so I move on to the sender, pull it out, hook it up and ground it and I can make the gauge move, another victory.  Clearly the cork float is saturated and not floating anymore so a quick trip to the hardware store and I'm back with 3 corks.I drill a hole in them, slip them on the shaft and am able to verify that everything in fact works but I know the bare corks will sink quickly, so I move on to try to find a float.  I saw quite a few people using a Ford float that requires that you bend a curl into the arm, I have several FIAT senders with a similar float but I don't really want to start doing a bunch of bending so next stop EBAY.  I found item  111991366217,  SCOOTER FUEL GAS FLOAT TANK SENSOR SENDING UNIT ROKETA SUNL JONWAY LONGBO SHENKE for sale by a number of sellers, cheapest one was $8 shipped so I ordered one.  It arrived yesterday, I clipped the end of the arm off, slid the float off, slid it on to the Plymouth's sender and it works perfect!   It is your typical  modern foam float, so I know it will eventually sink, but I expect it will take years. Overall a great substitution for a minimal price and virtually no fab work, just bend the very end of the Plymouth senders arm, slip off the old float, slip on the new and bend the end back up 90 degrees.    I don't know how many years this would cover but I expect it would be useful for just about any of the Mopars that this forum deals with.   Hope this will help somebody else out there, I'm sure there are a number of saturated corks within the membership.