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Leaking carb. float

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Joe@Ga.

10-12-1999 18:21:33




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I have a small crack in my carb. float that is taking in gas and weighting the float down. I am thinking about useing silver solder to repair the hair line crack which is about one sixteenth of an inch long. Does anyone have another idea how to repair this problem? Thanks in advance!




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Mark

10-13-1999 10:41:29




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 Re: Leaking carb. float in reply to Joe@Ga., 10-12-1999 18:21:33  
I wonder if J&B cold weld would work. It's supposed to be impervious to oil and gas.



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llamas

10-13-1999 03:36:16




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 Re: Leaking carb. float in reply to Joe@Ga., 10-12-1999 18:21:33  
Drive out the gas by gently heating the float. A hairdryer is good, or I used to put the float on the top plate of a kerosene heater for an hour or so. Let it cool fully before soldering it.

Use electrical solder (tin-lead) which has the lowest melting point. Avoid modern plumbing solder which has silver in it and needs more heat. A small soldering iron - 10-20 watts - will give enough heat to patch a pinhole without softening the other joints.

A new float is about $12 but repairing them is so much fun.

llater,

llamas

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Jerry

10-12-1999 21:56:41




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 Re: Leaking carb. float in reply to Joe@Ga., 10-12-1999 18:21:33  
They are an "in stock" item at the dealer. I bought one for an 8-n about 2 or 3 years ago, and it wasn't very expensive. I have never had any luck soldering them. I know you have to punch a vent hole in it before starting, and punch it on the top. My son has better luck at this than I do.
You solder the pin hole last as it doesn't take much heat. Of course the problem is it comes unsoldered at the seam when you apply the heat.

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Sam Wammack (Mo.)

10-12-1999 20:20:49




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 Re: Leaking carb. float in reply to Joe@Ga., 10-12-1999 18:21:33  
Solder should work, but BE SURE and get the gas fumes out of the float before soldering. Maybe drill a small hole, fill the float with water, then dry it out and patch the hole and the crack with solder?

I learned this the hard way years ago. When soldering a leaky float from my first car (a '56 Chevy) it blew up like a firecracker! I wasn't hurt, but it ruined the float and scared me.



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