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Re: Old outboard motors
these old outboard motors I see at auctions and estate sales call to me, but i just ignore them. otherwise I would have a pile of them and no boat.
the float pinches off the fuel supply when the bowl is full by using the buoyancy to close an inlet needle valve. it keeps the fuel pump ( or gravity feed) from overtopping the fuel bowl.
this isnt a lesson in carbs, just making the point that you could get a couple brass balls and solder them together and to the mechanism that closes the inlet and as long as it fit inside the bowl you would be good.
another thing is to hit up a small engine shop, they will have a ton of old carbs "floating" around in a piles somewhere. you can find something close and solder it on. just regular old lead solder will work, as long as the final product is rigid, and the floating float closes the inlet.
good luck!
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