![]() |
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#26 |
Registered User
![]() Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Dallas Texas
Posts: 1,380
|
Re: Float Soldering How-(NOT)-To.
Very funny and well written. Helps to end the week. Glad you survived.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#27 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Space Coast, Fl.
Posts: 1,050
|
Re: Float Soldering How-(NOT)-To.
Where's the video?
![]() kinda reminded me of the paper bag with $100 worth of fireworks on the shelf under my bench grinder..... yeah, the sparks set the bag afire. I was steppin & fetchin.
__________________
Dad always said, "Son, WISH IN ONE HAND, and ......." -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Current toy trucks: '71 GMC 1500 SUPER CUSTOM short/step, orig. dk. blue, 350/700r, ps,pb, A/C '72 Blazer 2wd, ochre & white, 454, tremecTKO 500 5spd. ps, pb, A/C, tilt Last 10yrs of hobby vehicles, had a FEW more in the 50yrs. before these: '66 Plymouth Belvedere City of Miami cop car clone. '70 Nova 406"sb, 13.5-1, solid roller, Brodix, p.glide/t.brake, back halved, 9" Ford, spool 4.88, cage,ladder bar/coilover, 10.5 tire....... SOLD!! '67 C10 short/step side mount spare -- SOLD!! '72 Jimmy 2wd, 350/350, ps, pb, fun driver, lots of bondo & a shiny red paint job..... SOLD!! '69 Nova 350, 4spd, A/C, ps, p.b, ...SOLD!! Last edited by RustyBucket; 03-23-2018 at 08:55 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#28 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: So Cal
Posts: 1,442
|
Re: Float Soldering How-(NOT)-To.
Oy vey.
There is a dob of solder on the end of a float as well as on a side of all carb floats. The hole under that solder is the last thing closed up when the float is built. When you repair a float, the first thing you do is remove the solder from that hole. You can then shake most of the fuel out. Let the float sit in the Sun or next to an incandescent lamp for an hour or so to boil all the fuel out. You then solder up the seam where the leak is and allow the float to fully cool. Solder melts at about 200 * and quickly heats the air inside the float. If you haven't opened the breather hole, the heated air expands and tries to force its way out through the molten solder in the seam you are trying to close. When you are through with the seam and the float has completely cooled, use a solder gun and a small drop of solder, you can quickly close the hole up before the air inside has a chance to heat up, ![]()
__________________
'67 GMC 2500, 292, 4spd, AC |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#29 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: LaCrosse Ks.
Posts: 50
|
Re: Float Soldering How-(NOT)-To.
Testing Darwin's theory of Evolution were we? You need to try that again to see if you get the same results. Only this time we need film!
__________________
Lead, follow, or get out of the way! |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#30 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Townsend MT
Posts: 1,725
|
Re: Float Soldering How-(NOT)-To.
Quote:
^This. Great write up though - now you know. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|