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    1985 LTC gas gauge not working..... Now fixed but gotta load of this...

    So the 85 townie hasn't had a working gas gauge since I got it... Knowing that it sat for a number of years I figured the sender was toast... So today we checked the connection key on and ok it's getting juice so we figure bad float? Sometimes they get a tiny hole in them and fill with gas causing them to sink... Well we pulled it out and low and behold here's what the float looked like..... Put a new brass barrel in and wallah. Gas gauge now works... Look at the old float. Holy shit.....
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    Yup, looks like it was just a pin hole

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      #3
      wow, thats bad. Brass will do that in the presence of water under the wrong conditions. The zinc in the brass goes away, leaving a copper sponge.
      86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
      5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

      91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

      1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

      Originally posted by phayzer5
      I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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        #4
        It's that dam ethanol in the gas......

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          #5
          Damn, that thing wasnt having a very happy time.
          Nick


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            #6
            Not to be pedantic, but it's Voila, not wallah.

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              #7
              I surrender!!



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                #8
                Originally posted by sxcpotatoes View Post
                Not to be pedantic, but it's Voila, not wallah.

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                  #9
                  Wallah is an english version of the same.
                  Voila is French for done.
                  Viola will be recognized by David Letterman fans from the 80's and a simple play on voila.

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                    #10
                    viola, its like a little chello, ya know?





                    (and yes, I'm aware that its spelled cello)
                    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                    Originally posted by phayzer5
                    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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