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

Dave Merchant kosh at ncweb.com
Thu Jan 26 23:58:25 PST 2012


Where did you order it from?

Dave Merchant

At 07:54 PM 1/26/2012, you wrote:
>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>
>To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>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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