[Farmall] Carburetor Floats

[Bob Currie]

Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm not sure which way I'll go yet, but 
I'm glad to know someone is making a brass replacement, and there are a 
couple other options out there too. Thanks.

As for my good friend Schmudlach and the Wisconsin Mafia, they'll never 
catch me. I'll coat the inside of the carb bowl with that special Darth 
Vader, spy scope, ultra black, camaflauge stuff. Nobody can see through that.


At 11:14 PM 11/15/06, you wrote:
>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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