Soldering carb float

I've tried and never had any luck doing so. Just made it heavier so it then cause the thing to flood
 
I have soldered leaking gas tanks, safety protocol is the same, just on a different scale. You must insure that the float is absolutely free from fuel/fumes on the inside or an explosion is waiting to happen. I would warm it up real well with
a hair dryer for several minutes until you are sure any fuel inside has been expelled. I would also use a soldering gun rather than flame. Clean area well where the hole is, flux and solder. Immersion test before installing. Be safe.....
 
Done many. Need high lead content resin core solder and correct temp. Been soldering for 50 plus years.
 
I too have been doing soldering for a very long time. In the Navy I was micro mini qul. But what I was soldering one was circuit boards. The few times I tried ot solder a float it didn't work because the float got to heavy
 
Am electronic tech by trade. Used to buy 10 lb spools of quality solder. Not like crap today. Don't need much solder more of sweating process. If you look closely at a float there is the seam. You will see another spot where a pinhole was made and sealed after. As heated air inside has to escape. Once seam is done is easy to fill pinhole. New floats would use no Lead solder and be sweated by machine.
 
I was a NAVY E.T. as in electronics's Tec. I worked on the computers on an SSBN sub as in a sub that could end life on earth
 
Years ago I did one. A couple of years ago I tried it and it kept leaking another place, finally got too heavy, so I bought a new one.
It don't take very much to made them too heavy to work right. They're thin.
I think I bought a new one at Robert's carburetors.

This post was edited by J.Wondergem on 06/11/2022 at 05:38 am.
 
Took my computer training in 1980 after college diplomas in radio & TV then telecommunications major. Times have changed from big main frames I did for data centers.
 
I joined the Navy in 1974 due to my draft card coming up 1-A. Took my A ad B schools in 74/75 and was micro mini qualified for soldering circuit boards etc.
 
I have never soldered a carb float. But I did watch Grandpa and Dad spend a lot of time trying, just to buy a new one anyway. That was a lesson learned 60+ years ago.
But if you feel the need to try it yourself, a good leak free solder job means clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, use flux, proper heat & solder.
 
You didn't say what model tractor you was working on, but I have floats for all MM models except those built in the 30s. I also Am in northern Ill.
MMDEL
 

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