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Posted by David Sherman on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 01:12:30 :
In Reply to: Re: Fuel float doesn't posted by Jerry in Idaho on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 00:40:42 :
Merry Christmas eve, Jerry. We're getting a little more snow, but we've never really had the storms that Spokane and CdA got. Probably about 15" on the ground at this point. It warmed up a lot today, but not quite above freezing. How much snow's up your way? I heard Sandpoint has more snow in town than Scweitzer has up on the ski hill.
I've heard of old cork carburetor floats sinking, so I guess the same could happen with a 50 year old fuel sender float. I took the cork off and am baking it in the oven now. It was 23 grams when I started, and it's down to 18 grams now. I'll see if it's even lighter tomorrow. It obviously absorbed a lot of gas. The question is, even if I dry it out, what will keep it from soaking it back up again? All the old cork floats I've seen have some kind of varnish on them, but it must be something special to not get dissolved by the gas. It also seems like if there's the slightest hole in the varnish, the gas would get in and sink the float again.
It's an exceptionally deep tank, so the rod on the float is very long (23"). They (Tucker) cut the original float rod and welded in an extra 14". This means the float has to lift more weight than usual, so it might be more sensitive to getting soggy.
As for the PTO, I think I better not take on any more projects. I still have a set of Dan's lockers to put in my M35, and I'm trying to get Clint's Tel-E-Lect digger mechanism for my telephone truck if we can find somebody heading out this way. I picked up some parts trucks this fall that I want to make one good M37 out of. I think at one time I was thinking your PTO would fit an M35's transfer case, which is a rear PTO that goes right onto the back end of the main shaft, but I'm pretty sure we figured out that yours is something entirely different. Anyway, I don't think I better be spending any more money collecting parts for projects right now. Best to just work on what I have.
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