[SEL] 22 hp stover fuel pump,, brass advice needed

[bill boyce]

Curt H, Curt A, and Paul,,,,, thanks for all  the input on the fuel pump 
plunger,,,,, i decided to use
a bronze-aluminum alloy, 954,,,,,,,,, it arrived today, a solid round, 1 x 
13 inches, so  tomorrow
its sharpen the tool bits and make some chips,,,, thanks again
bill boyce
lost prairie, arkansas



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <curt at rustyiron.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] 22 hp stover fuel pump,, brass advice needed


>
> Bill,
> Funny this should come up, as Tony Leonard and I were just discussing this
> earlier in the week.
> I'm going to echo Curt Andree's comments on bronze being the better 
> choice.
> Brass is simply copper and zinc, not a very "slick" product.
> Bronze has the additional elements of lead and tin, making it a better
> material for things to slide against it. The lead and tin are slicker
> metals and aid in making bronze a better bearing material. The common 660
> bronze material will be perfect for your application. There is a CDA
> number for this same material CDA 93200, maybe???, but any metal supplier
> will know the 660 bronze nomenclature.
> Curt Holland
> Bessemer City, NC
>
>
>> Bill,
>> My thoughts are that the orginal plunger was made of bronze not brass as
>> after restoring one of my large Stovers and helping several other
>> collectors on theirs they were all bronze.  Its possible that sometime 
>> ago
>> some one replaced the plunger with brass stock as he didn't have any
>> bronze.  Not sure if Joe Mauer is tuning in to our list anymore but since
>> he is the custody for Stover records and has several large hp Stovers you
>> might contact him to confirm.
>> regards,
>> Curt Andree
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "bill boyce" <bboyce at swat.coop>
>> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:59:32 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: [SEL] 22 hp stover fuel pump,, brass advice needed
>>
>> i need to replace the plunger in fuel pump on the 22 hp stover due to
>> wear. the plunger is of brass material and
>> travels in a cast iron bore of the pump body,,,,,,,, in checking some
>> catalogues i found several different kinds of
>> brass alloy material,,,,, maybe one of you experts could suggest which
>> type of brass would work best in this
>> application,,,,,, ?
>> thanks in advance for any help,
>> bill boyce
>> lost prairie, arkansas
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