I am not a mechanic so excuse me if I do not have enough knowledge to explain to start you should never rule out the taco meter of gasoline so you say when the float fails it is towards the opposite does not mark anything since if it has a leak, gasoline enters the gasoline causing it to fall down to the bottom marking that you do not have gasoline you must lower the tank I imagine that I will be the float. You open the Swich without starting the car you can start moving the float to realize if it really is the float or a cable some are very thin as hair you must check the entire flotation system if I work well I just fixed one without knowledge in this case I went up and down the indicator did not give me a real reading and I started by disarming the tank and reviewing everything found details of connections disconnected but the problem was in the problem Resistance was open (cracked) changed and ready it is as new.