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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 01:02 PM
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Question What can I use........

to clean the rod, (or whatever), the gas guage float is on?? The guage on my Lincoln, works to 1/2 tank, then goes to EMPTY. Does it need cleaned, can it be cleaned, -OR- does the inner tank guage just need replaced ??

The guage hadn't worked for about 2 weeks, then started working. Now it don't.

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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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What year is it?
 
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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I would use a solvent, maybe acetone, or gas
 
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:44 PM
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It's a 1982 Town Car. Can you put something in the tank to clean it up, or do you drop the tank ??
 
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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A couple fills with a double dose of injector/carb cleaner may work. We had some problems with bad Shell gas gumming things up in the fleet vehicles and that seemed to work. Depends on how bad it is or what is actually wrong with it I suppose.
 
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