You can avoid that by extending the pick-up to the bottom of the bowl
with a SS tube. Make sure to angle cut the bottom tip.
Allen
On Mar 16, 2008, at 10:47 AM, fubog1@aol.com wrote:
> We had one fail in Jeffs car Friday morning as well, fortunately it
> lasted the race. The solder joint at one end of the tube failed.
> By plastic I assume that means changing over to the side pivot plastic
> floats, which seem to work fine except that they are sometimes prone to
> g-load issues.
> Glen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gt6steve@aol.com
> To: BillDentin@aol.com
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:12 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] webbers 40 dcoe
>
> Interesting observations and not a word there I would dispute. I
> simply
> went to the plastic floats and never looked back. Has anyone had a
> failure with
> the plastic?
>
>
>
>
> Steve...I think you know that we have had more than our fair share of
> float
> problems these past few years. In fact, Bob Wismer had more float
> issues
> down in Sebring this past week end. We agree with the suggested
> modern fuel
> additive issues you mentioned, but also we're convinced 'long tows'
> with empty
> fuel bowls are a contributing factor. For what it is worth, we
> believe fuel
> evaporates quickly from the fuel bowel and the floats bounce/rub on
> the post
> during long tows. Bob has taken to ensuring the fuel bowls are full
> before he
> starts any long tow. He hit some 'nasty winter' weather in route from
> our
> shop in Wisconsin to Florida. He got stuck over twenty-four hours in
> Indianapolis during a snow storm. Maybe he didn't load the bowls
> before starting out
> again, but he had another failure at Sebring.
>
> Two more comments.
>
> ONE, I bought my last replacement floats directly from Joe Curo (sp?),
> the
> SU specialist out east. Might be too early to leap to a conclusion,
> but I've
> had no failures with his since. The ones I purchased from Moss,
> Roadster
> Factory, Victoria British, etc., all appear to come from the same
> source. The
> ones from Joe are distinctive (packaging, special markings, etc.).
>
> TWO, across the pond, Bill Woodhouse was the founder of English
> Specials
> Tornado Cars, and built the Talisman, Typhoon, and Thunder Bolt we
> race. He
> recently sent me an article that suggests there is an issue with
> modern solder
> (no lead), and a reaction when using it to repair floats with old
> solder
> containing lead. It seems there is a reaction, and failure. Not sure
> how that
> fits in the mix, but it might explain why we've not had good luck with
> the ones
> we've repaired ourselves.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> PS...Did you know? Bob Wismer told me that the hotel rooms with a
> view in
> Indianapolis are cheaper?
>
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