Redherring Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I acquired this at a car-boot sale in Camberwell (Australia). It is approximately 48cm long from one end to the other. The diameter of the cork is 5cm and a shade less than 9cm long. Stainless (looks like it anyway) steel rods and spacers. Rods are soldered to the brass end. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I'd love to be able to wave it about confident I knew what vehicle it was from! Regards Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Looks like a tank float Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Float on a fuel tank with the gear drive direct to a gauge mounted on the tank. No electrical connections, only mechanical. Doug :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Leyland Hippo and similar had manual tank gauges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Float on a fuel tank with the gear drive direct to a gauge mounted on the tank. No electrical connections, only mechanical. Doug :-) That could very well be from a Ferret scout car, the length would determine it. They are electrical, the gear drives the electrical contacts in the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I agree with Richard. Will check mine today and take a picture and measure it as mine is out of my tank at the moment. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 With such a long arm it could be from an aircraft. For instance Champ & Humber arms are considerably shorter. The cork float with mechanism of a cog driving a spindle to Desyn sender is virtually identical for aircraft & standardised vehicles alike. A couple of years ago I saw a nice aircraft one complete with Desyn, which I thought I would buy to cannibalise. I was staggered to find it was priced at over £200. The seller pointed to the original vocabulary label with a prefix I think 26AJ which is Spitfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 OK. I looked up 'Spitfire spares' and discovered photos of very similar units. There were three. Same cork float, same stainless rod/spacers, but about half the length. Made by Smiths. Apparently not Tempest or hurricane...:undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourFox Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Looks like a Saladin one to me! The tall tank (of 3) that is virtually inside the hull had a sensor of this type geared to an electrical rheostat on the top of the tank. Fox one is similar but not as long! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Here is Ferret one, distinct crank in it> R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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