Ferrari Fuel Float

[carello]

Hi Tom, i noticed you were working with fuel tank floats. I had recently done research and replacement on 66-73 Lamborghini Miura (Jaeger) fuel tank floats. I found the Ford Model A floats to be perfect...an exact replacement! There are at least three versions for Model A replacement.... cork, neoprene, and brass. Cork was original on the Lamborghini Jaeger unit, but i chose to go with neoprene version. No points deducted at shows.

I purchased mine at - http://www.mikes-afordable.com/page/MFP/CTGY/1067

Craig

[Yale]

Hey Craig,

Why were there brass and plastic versions of this? Are the brass ones the replacement for the cork and the plastic floats just a more recent upgrade? By the way if anyone out there has not seen Craig's Muira site, it is an amazing thing of beauty:

http://www.miuraworkshop.com/

[Tom Wilson]

Very nice website, Craig! I sure wish we had a TAV for the GTE. I found the "TAV - Might be a Miura owner if" to be particularly helpful. At the moment I relate to:

3)THE LAW OF ELECTRICAL CHAOS
"All Italian Sports Cars shall be wired at the Factory by a cross-eyed, color-blind worker, using whatever supplies are within reach. All wires shall change color-code at least once between energy source and component. all grounds shall be partially insulated." This tends to guarantee that the owner of such vehicles will eventually be intimately familiar with its electrical system, since he will need to trace out each wire, then rewrite his Official Schematic, which will differ from all others in at least one area.

I am getting more familiar...

[carello]

Hey Craig,Why were there brass and plastic versions of this? Are the brass ones the replacement for the cork and the plastic floats just a more recent upgrade? By the way if anyone out there has not seen Craig's Miura site, it is an amazing thing of beauty:
http://www.miuraworkshop.com/

Hi Yale, i think the neoprene and brass are "hotrod" upgrades due to the changing chemistry of gasolines. Thank you for the site compliments, the website is a lot of fun for me, altho it is a little chaotic. I would hope some of the info will help with 250/275/330/365 work as well.

The OEM Model A Ford float of cork , that is picuterd here from mikesafordable, has some sort of clear coating on it to extend its life. I didn't purchase a brass version, it just seemed very expensive!
Craig

[tyang]

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the tip. I think the cork float will work, but with the amount of alcohol in the fuel these days, I may go with the neoprene. I think I remember reading somewhere the cork floats used to be coated in shellac.

Tom

[330GT]

Here's the cork float used in a PF coupe:

[DWR46]

The original cork floats used in Ferraris were coated with shellac to protect the cork. With a sunk float, you can sometimes dry it out and recoat it with success. However, I really like the neoprene Model A float as a far better alternative.