Good idea I will try that first. Wish I had a pin!philz wrote:Try to pick it out with a pin.
Someone must have seen this before and solved the problem
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As soon as I turn fuel on and start the engine, fuel starts pouring out the over flow hole. Tried a few things but thinking it may be the floatdiesel wrote:Why do you need to replace that float? If something is wrong with it why not cut it?
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Can you get a little self-tapper to grip it?
try cutting a match stick to size wet it insert it leave it for 15 mins to swell up and pull it out.
Hi Ed, if it were mine I'd go along the route of cutting a small groove out between the 2 supports going back to the main body of the float to expose the pin, then with a sharp blade try dragging out the pin along the cut out. That way you could be able to save the float if needed. It only needs to be a small cut out so as to expose the pin enough to grab it with your grips
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That'll be the needle sticking. It has happened to me on occasion. What you need to do is tap the carb body with a blunt instrument. Don't go mad. But you may find the valve works correctly then.Snails wrote:As soon as I turn fuel on and start the engine, fuel starts pouring out the over flow hole. Tried a few things but thinking it may be the floatdiesel wrote:Why do you need to replace that float? If something is wrong with it why not cut it?
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When you get it out fit a new red tipped needle.
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Do you need to do that a lot?Doom Patrol wrote:That'll be the needle sticking. It has happened to me on occasion. What you need to do is tap the carb body with a blunt instrument. Don't go mad. But you may find the valve works correctly then.Snails wrote:As soon as I turn fuel on and start the engine, fuel starts pouring out the over flow hole. Tried a few things but thinking it may be the floatdiesel wrote:Why do you need to replace that float? If something is wrong with it why not cut it?
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thackers wrote:Hi Ed, if it were mine I'd go along the route of cutting a small groove out between the 2 supports going back to the main body of the float to expose the pin, then with a sharp blade try dragging out the pin along the cut out. That way you could be able to save the float if needed. It only needs to be a small cut out so as to expose the pin enough to grab it with your grips
That's one of the ideas I had but was not sure whether this would hole the float or damage its buoyancy.