Re: Carb float sinks

Posted by Bob Kerr on August 31, 2001 at 09:31:36 from (205.188.192.179):

In Reply to: Carb float sinks posted by Jim on August 31, 2001 at 03:56:34:

Back in 1997 I was at the one hundred anniversary celabration for Oldsmobile In Lansing MI, selling parts. I had a guy come up and ask if I had a float for a 1960 Olds 98. I didn't have one and he said all he found was two NOS carbs for $200 each. He didn't want to spend that as he already drove the car from Nova Scotia and spent about all he had on gas and hotel rooms. I told him I acually had a soldering iron with me and if he would take out the float I would try to fix it for him. He brought it over to where I was and We found a 120 volt outlet we found in the park where the swap meet was,unfortuntly was in the Ladies room, so we had to run out the women folk for a bit.I cleaned up the part that had the hole and drained out the gas. And then carefully soldered up the hole. be sure to use as little solder as possible. Excess weight added to the float will make it heavier possibly too heavy to adjust. It worked like a charm and he made it home back to Nova Scotia ok, in fact I saw him a few years later and he was still driving that old Olds with the same float I fixed, still in the carb! I also fixed the gas tank sending unit in my 1949 chevy truck but that float was paper thin and later recracked and sank again. If your float is so thin you can poke you finger in it it may be time to find another one. Alcohol in the gas will cause the brass to erode some over time. Good luck with it.

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