[Farmall] Carburetor Floats

Justin Weber jweber77 at charter.net
Wed Nov 15 23:14:58 PST 2006


If you want to replace the cork float with a brass float, contact 
branson enterprises.   www.bransonenterprises.com


Bob Currie wrote:

> My 29 Farmall Regular uses a brass, Ensign carb which has a cork 
> float. When I rebuilt the carburetor 4 or 5 years ago I put in a new 
> cork float, needle & seat, plus gaskets. All supplied by Rice 
> Equipment there in PA.  Worked great!! Within the past year or so, the 
> carb started flooding and it steadily got worse and worse, to the 
> point where the gasoline just poured out as soon as you turned on the 
> fuel at the tank, and the tractor wouldn't run anymore. I pulled the 
> carb and took it apart, figuring it was the float or the needle. It 
> looks like the cork float was coated with a shiny covering when it was 
> new. A few people said it was shellac. So now I'm looking at the cork 
> float and it looks to be in good shape, no cracks, no holes, no fluid 
> inside. Some of the shellac, shiny stuff is worn off. So I have two 
> questions:  Is that stuff shellac?? and is there any other product out 
> there that won't get eaten up by unleaded gasoline? And,,has anybody 
> reproduced the floats for those Ensign carburetors that is made out of 
> some material other than cork??  One guy suggested using model 
> airplane dope..I checked that out and the can says "up to 15 percent 
> resistant to various fuels". I'm thinking that's not good enough. 
> Anybody have experience with this problem?
>
> bobcurrie
>
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