Testing your carb float
Not sure if your carb float has a hole in it?
Here is a simple test. Take the float out of the carburetor and put it in a pail of hot water and submerge the float. If you see bubbles coming from it, the float is bad.
JR
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Here is a link to another post about Carb Float Testing: http://steinertractorparts.typepad.com/steiner_tractor_parts/2009/05/how-to-test-a-carburetor-float.html
1) I’m here trying to find out how to adjust the new float I just got for my ’47 M. No instructions were included.
2) The above link, “in blue font” does not work for me.
3) I could hear fluid, gas, in one of my two floats from the carb when I shook it. I tried the hot water test, no bubbles. It probably was not built with gas in it. I researched further on how to get the gas out before you solder it. I hit the float with a heat gun. Gas came out of what I thought might be the leaky area. But I got a stream out of different hole like James Dean’s gusher in “Giant”. Additionally, gas came out of a third hole. So, three holes in one float and no bubbles in the float test. I bought a new float. Here it is Saturday and my favorite tractor store is closed, and I’m looking for the proper adjustment of the float before I button it back together.
4) It would be helpful to include an illustration, with measurements, for the installation and adjustment of the float.
Time to look for some instruction.