This CAN'T be for real

Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)

http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg

Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.

John wrote:
> Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>
> http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>
> Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.

I could screw up a wet dream.
Use this one: http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:23:38 +0200, John > wrote:

> John wrote:
>> Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>> http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>> Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.
>
> I could screw up a wet dream.
> Use this one: http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg

Nope, it is not supposed to look like that.
I do not know what caused it to "implode" like that.
Not sure if I remember the whole tread, but you had running problems with
one cylinder bank, yes?
If so, you have found the cause.
It would seriously disturb fuel level in the carb, making it run richer(I
think) than the other side.

J.



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On Jun 13, 7:23*pm, John > wrote:
> John wrote:
> > Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>
> >http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>
> > Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.
>
> I could screw up a wet dream.
> Use this one:http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg

Who took the hammer to it ?

Randy

P.J.Berg wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:23:38 +0200, John > wrote:
>
>> John wrote:
>>> Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>>> http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>>> Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.
>>
>> I could screw up a wet dream.
>> Use this one: http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>
> Nope, it is not supposed to look like that.
> I do not know what caused it to "implode" like that.
> Not sure if I remember the whole tread, but you had running problems
> with one cylinder bank, yes?
> If so, you have found the cause.
> It would seriously disturb fuel level in the carb, making it run
> richer(I think) than the other side.


You were right all the time. I finally got time to remove the carb, as
if it was a big deal (one minute job). It was pretty messed up. Someone
had used gorilla snot on the gas spigot and there were little rubber
balls in the filter. Plus the nuts holding the carb to the manifold were
almost finger-tight and the gasket there was swollen loose with pieces
in the small vacuum holes at the bottom of the carb. I purged the carb,
blew out the passages. One was choked up.

I ordered a couple rebuild kits from John at aircooled.net

Thanks for all the help. How the float got that way is a mystery. Maybe
the PO put it in his back pocket. Wait! Where was Mario that day?

wrote:
> On Jun 13, 7:23 pm, John > wrote:
>> John wrote:
>>> Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>>> http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>>> Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.
>> I could screw up a wet dream.
>> Use this one:http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>
> Who took the hammer to it ?

I blame Mario. Why not?

On Jun 13, 8:30*pm, John > wrote:

> > Who took the hammer to it ?
>
> I blame Mario. Why not?

Oh, the bondo fell off it then.

Randy

The first Harley Davidson engine used part of a tomato can for the
float.
cuhulin

John wrote:
> P.J.Berg wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:23:38 +0200, John > wrote:
>>
>>> John wrote:
>>>> Float from the Solex Brosol (Kadron)
>>>> http://http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>>>> Is it supposed to look like that? It does float.
>>>
>>> I could screw up a wet dream.
>>> Use this one: http://www.digoliardi.net/float.jpg
>>
>> Nope, it is not supposed to look like that.
>> I do not know what caused it to "implode" like that.
>> Not sure if I remember the whole tread, but you had running problems
>> with one cylinder bank, yes?
>> If so, you have found the cause.
>> It would seriously disturb fuel level in the carb, making it run
>> richer(I think) than the other side.
>
>
> You were right all the time. I finally got time to remove the carb, as
> if it was a big deal (one minute job). It was pretty messed up. Someone
> had used gorilla snot on the gas spigot and there were little rubber
> balls in the filter. Plus the nuts holding the carb to the manifold were
> almost finger-tight and the gasket there was swollen loose with pieces
> in the small vacuum holes at the bottom of the carb. I purged the carb,
> blew out the passages. One was choked up.
>
> I ordered a couple rebuild kits from John at aircooled.net
>
> Thanks for all the help. How the float got that way is a mystery.

I have seen it before on brass floats, just cant seem to remember
where/when..

There is a logical explanation to it. It involves a small leak and temp.
difference , yes?

I hope others can chime in, cause I do not seem to be able to recollect
at the moment.

A wild theory: Stored outside during winter with water in one carb.. (I
know that is not it).

The last one I saw like yours where from a carb used on an old inboard
boat engine.


J.
Maybe
> the PO put it in his back pocket. Wait! Where was Mario that day?
>

wrote:
> The first Harley Davidson engine used part of a tomato can for the
> float.

It did not have a float. The carb WAS a modified tomato can. It was an
obvious, economical solution: someone had already supplied a steel
cylinder, so they went for it.

In fact, I ran a carb with no float bowl on a Panhead, and it was
available earlier than that. (We're talking fifties here.) It was the
precursor to what became the Lectron brand name. A sliding aperture in a
tube with a tapered needle valve coupled to the slide. Right now it's on
display at a local bike shop to screw with Yuppies' heads.