JayG Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Myers has replacement floats. I had the same situation with mine. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22touring Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Since the float is brass, normally people try to solder up any pinholes. But use as little solder as possible because you don't want to make the float too heavy. Myers also has new float bowl inlet needles and seats. They made my car run quite a bit better. On my carburetor, the metering rack and the air valve had separated where they were swaged together. I soldered them back together, too. I used silver solder for this rather than lead solder because silver solder is stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 If the float leaks (causing it to sink instead of float), it will hold the needle valve open resulting in a flooding condition. My float had several stress cracks in it so it wasn't worth trying to save. I think the brass wasn't properly annealed after forming. I'm glad you got the timing figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryP65 Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Now to plumb the fuel properly. Myers doesn't have fuel lines so I guess I'll go to my local hardware store. Anyone know the the size of the lines? Looks like I can use a refrigerator line so I can bend accordingly. I'm looking to clean out the tank so I can finalized this this one to move on to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayG Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 It's 1/4" tubing. I opted to go with the Nickel Copper alloy for brake lines NiCopp. it comes in 25' rolls and is much stronger and corrosion resistant than copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryP65 Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 What about the fittings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayG Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 They're 1/4" NPT flare fittings. Hard to find plated ones. The brass ones are readily available. I bought the brass ones and nickel plated them with the home plating techniques found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Yup, good old 1/4 NPT fittings which you can buy at Big Orange or Blue. But if you want them too look like the original fittings you will need to source good used ones. The new ones do the job fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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