I used pieces of metal coat hangars to test the bends needed for the Stewart Warner fuel float to read full and empty. It took a lot of trial and error, but I finally came up with something I was happy with.
So I transferred the bends to the wire arm of the float, and made the bends. The float arm is MUCH stiffer steel than the coat hangers, and the coat hangers are a little thinner. When I went to put the 90 deg bend into the sender body, I found the bend radius was too large to fit! The plastic body of the moving arm requires a nearly 90 degree bend, with almost no radius, something the instructions never point out.
I tried hammering the wire over an anvil to try to get a 90 deg bend, but nothing worked. I've ordered a new float arm so I can try again, but I'm reaching out here for help/ideas on this. I could use my welding torch and heat it to bend it 90 deg around a steel edge, but I'm afraid I'll accidentally cut through it, or that the heat transfer will reach to, and melt, the float.
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So I transferred the bends to the wire arm of the float, and made the bends. The float arm is MUCH stiffer steel than the coat hangers, and the coat hangers are a little thinner. When I went to put the 90 deg bend into the sender body, I found the bend radius was too large to fit! The plastic body of the moving arm requires a nearly 90 degree bend, with almost no radius, something the instructions never point out.
I tried hammering the wire over an anvil to try to get a 90 deg bend, but nothing worked. I've ordered a new float arm so I can try again, but I'm reaching out here for help/ideas on this. I could use my welding torch and heat it to bend it 90 deg around a steel edge, but I'm afraid I'll accidentally cut through it, or that the heat transfer will reach to, and melt, the float.
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/displ...mith&project=2878&category=0&log=305642&row=1