i bent the wire holding the float. since i didn't have any specs on what the ohms should be, i just went with that. this is wildly inaccurate, but with the pickup tube and filter sitting flat on the bench, the top of the float was 7" off of the bench. i bent it down to 6 5/8". it looked like it needed more, but even that and the float barely hits the stop.

i will see what this does and let you all know. seems to me that this should be able to be taken care of by bending the float, and not messing with resistors.

i'm hoping to get the car running tomorrow, so will post again.