Float or carburetor for a 1922 Dodge Brothers Touring car

[Guest]

Looking for a float or carburetor for a 1922 Dodge Brothers touring car.

I believe 1913 to 1927 are the same.

[Jan Arnett]

Richard: Why do you need the float? Are you missing one or can you repair your current one.

Thanks

Jan <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

[Guest leadfoot]

Richard -

First thing - there were no 1913 DBs and only a few hundred produced in late 1914, titled as 1915s I believe. What you see as 1913 on the Stewart float chamber lid is the carb patent date.

Looked up carbs in the DB Master Parts List and it looks like there are five basic versions from 1914 through sometime in early 1927. All the versions have the same part number listed for the float.

As Jan pointed out, if you have an old float that is usable but leaks, why not just repair it. Mine had a slight crack in the solder seam that allowed a little gas to seep in. What I did was drill a small hole into the seam at the crack and shake out the gas. Then I put the float out in the hot sun for the day to dry out. I patched the hole and seam with a very small piece of epoxy glue that passed the gasoline solubility test. Its been several years and haven't had any leaking problems. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />