[AT] Floats ( 40)

[charlie hill]

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)


>
> ----- 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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