[Fot] was webbers 40 dcoe now SU floats

[fubog1 at aol.com]

We had one fail in Jeffs car Friday morning as well, fortunately it 
lasted the race. The solder joint at one end of the tube failed.
By plastic I assume that means changing over to the side pivot plastic 
floats, which seem to work fine except that they are sometimes prone to 
g-load issues.
Glen


-----Original Message-----
From: Gt6steve at aol.com
To: BillDentin at aol.com
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:12 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] webbers 40 dcoe

Interesting observations and not a word there I would dispute.  I  
simply
went to the plastic floats and never looked back.  Has anyone had a  
failure with
the plastic?




Steve...I think  you know that we have had more than our fair share of 
float
problems these past  few years.  In fact, Bob Wismer had more float 
issues
down in Sebring this  past week end.  We agree with the suggested 
modern fuel
additive issues you  mentioned, but also we're convinced 'long tows' 
with empty
fuel bowls are a  contributing factor.  For what it is worth, we 
believe fuel
evaporates  quickly from the fuel bowel and the floats bounce/rub on 
the post
during long  tows.  Bob has taken to ensuring the fuel bowls are full 
before he
starts  any long tow.  He hit some 'nasty winter' weather in route from 
our
shop in  Wisconsin to Florida.  He got stuck over twenty-four hours in
Indianapolis  during a snow storm.  Maybe he didn't load the bowls 
before starting out
 again, but he had another failure at Sebring.

Two more comments.

ONE, I bought my last replacement floats directly from Joe Curo (sp?),  
the
SU specialist out east.  Might be too early to leap to a conclusion,  
but I've
had no failures with his since.  The ones I purchased from Moss,  
Roadster
Factory, Victoria British, etc., all appear to come from the same  
source.  The
ones from Joe are distinctive (packaging, special markings,  etc.).

TWO, across the pond, Bill Woodhouse was the founder of English  
Specials
Tornado Cars, and built the Talisman, Typhoon, and Thunder Bolt we  
race.  He
recently sent me an article that suggests there is an issue with  
modern solder
(no lead), and a reaction when using it to repair floats with old  
solder
containing lead.  It seems there is a reaction, and failure.   Not sure 
how that
fits in the mix, but it might explain why we've not had good  luck with 
the ones
we've repaired ourselves.

Bill  Dentinger

PS...Did you know?  Bob Wismer told me that the hotel  rooms with a 
view in
Indianapolis are cheaper?










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