Glen
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: Revival of an old topic.
:
: I did eventually order an ethanol
: resistant float for the later 150CD(2)
: carb. After studying it for a while
: and comparing it to the early type
: float I decided I would go ahead and
: see if I could modify the new float to
: work in place of the old one.
:
: I cut off one of the little float valve
: actuating "paddles" as one
: was going to interfere with the early
: type float bowl. I made a 3/16"
: long spacer out of a piece of small
: brass tubing. The spacer fits on the
: pivot shaft and positions the float a
: bit to one side. It is required since
: the later floats have narrower mounting
: pivots than the early float. Finally I
: reshaped the new float's arms a bit to
: match the angle of the early float's
: arms.
:
: In the end I was able to get the new
: float to look (sort-of) like the old
: one when installed and I as able to set
: the float height as presented in the
: early shop manual. The paddle that
: closes the float valve is just
: marginally large enough to actuate the
: float valve but it does look
: serviceable.
:
: All this was done on a spare carb. I
: am currently running a spare early
: float on our car and will save the
: converted float for the next time we
: have a float failure. So mechanically
: you can adapt the new to fit in place
: of the old. What is left is to confirm
: is that the new float will work and
: that the same float valve adjustments
: apply.
:
: Doug L.
:
:
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: --Previous Message--
: The word from Joe Curto is that the old
: style 150CD carb float I need is NLA.
:
: I checked the fit of a later style
: float in the early carb and if I make a
: new pivot pin, cut off one of the float
: valve arms, and make a spacer bushing
: to push the float to one side... I
: MIGHT be able to use the later floats
: in the early carb. The only concern I
: have about this is determining if the
: resulting fuel level in the carbs would
: be the same when the floats are set to
: the book. I need to test this on the
: bench before committing to try it on
: the car.
:
: If I decide to take on this project
: I'll document what I do and post it
: here for other early GT6 owners facing
: this in the future.
:
: Doug L.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: I have not talked with Joe Curto yet
: but
: I have contacted Burlen (current owner
: of Zenith Stromberg) in the U.K. They
: only have the later style floats.
:
: I took a later float out of a spare
: carb and compared it to what I need and
: I even tried to fit it to a spare,
: early 150CD carb. With tweaking,
: making a spacer bushing and new pivot
: pin I may be able to use the later
: floats. However, I'll call Joe C.
: first to see if he has an alternative.
:
: Doug L.
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