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Jerry,

I just pulled the fuel gauge out of a 1981 OUtrage 20 that was not working. Pretty simple to remove.
I found the cork float had become heavy over the 27 years of 2 stroke mix. Maybe sucked up a lot of oil. Anyway I drilled a couple small holes through the cork and soaked it in in simple green a few days and allowed to dry out and then repeated the process. After geting it dry I applied a thin coat of epoxy to seal and it is now working like a dream. I guess I could have just replaced the cork but I chose to keep the original.