[AT] Floats ( 40)

[OldIron]

Charlie and all,

When fixing a copper float on a carburetor or a 6" float from a float cage steam vessel.
You need to drill a very small pin hole away from your repair in the copper. When you
solder the half's together or repair a leak. The pressure inside during the heating
process pushes the air out. As it cools down the float will collapse. When the repair is
completed and the solder looks quite smooth and when the float at room temperature clean
the pin hold and solder this quickly, so you don't build up pressure inside again.

Check it in some water to see if it floats and how far it sinks. Too much solder will make
it heavy also.

Myron Busch
Northfield MN.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
> On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 4:45 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Floats ( 40)
> 
> The only one I ever attempted to work on had a minor leak.  No problem I
> said.  I'll sweat it apart.  Find the leak.  Solder the leak and solder it
> back together.  Good  plan and all went well until I tried to solder it back
> together.  I didn't have the right kind of soldering tip and the first thing
> I knew I had destroyed the thing.
> 
> It happened so fast I didn't know what happened.  All I know is that it
> suddenly got to hot and warped all up.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Floats ( 40)
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Snowblowing with the 40
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> >
> >> >From my experience those things are only slightly less fragile than a
> > well
> >> burned wick on a Coleman gas lantern.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> > I actually watched a guy (mechanic) destroy one of those copper floats a
> > few
> > years ago by accidentally poking a screw driver right through it. He was
> > able to patch it up with solder and the engine ran just fine after that.
> > Sometimes we just get lucky.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> > http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> >
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