[SEL] floats and gas tank sealer

[Elden DuRand]

John:

One coat will probably do it but the second coat is good insurance.

After it thoroughly dries, you might want to pour some of our fine "modern" gasoline in a can and float the float in it for a few days to see how the sealer works.

I got some tank sealer from an auto parts store a few years ago that said "Alcohol proof" and soaked the float in the carb of my American LaFrance.  It looked great.

I put the whole thing together and went for a test drive.  About 5 miles out, it got real sickly and finally stopped.  I unscrewed the main jet and it was covered with sealer that had partially dissolved in the gasoline.  I finally got home after removing the needle about a half dozen more times to wipe off the goo.  That's it for me on the cheap stuff!

Take care - Elden
edurand at iglou.com
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
>  Behalf Of John Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 08:38 PM
> To: The SEL email discussion list
> Subject: Re: [SEL] floats and gas tank sealer
> 
> 
> Elden,
> I put on the first coat tonight. I'll redip 
> tomorrow night and then let it 
> cure a couple days. I got my sealer from a 
> radiator repair shop. I've used 
> it before on some tanks with good results. Don't 
> know how well it stacks up 
> against some advertised in GEM.
> 
> The float had a good coat of shellac but it had a 
> few bad cracks. Nothing 
> appeared to be flaking off nor did the tank 
> sealer appear to attack it.
> 
> John