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

[bill boyce]

dave, i got it from mcmaster carr
bb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Merchant" <kosh at ncweb.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] 22 hp stover fuel pump,, brass advice needed


> 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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