<VV> sunken float fun!

[Frank DuVal]

It happens for reasons not  known, but is easily fixed. See VV 
discussion recently.

Frank DuVal

N2VZD at aol.com wrote:

>today was our annual "fun fall tour". well it was fun  for me until my  truck 
>started acting goofy about 65 miles or more from home. one carb was just  
>pouring fuel out the shafts.  it ran fair if you kept it up to 3000rpm or  more. 
>not easy to do with a powerglide in some areas we were in , but i made it.  At 
>one stop i was able to take the filter stone out and dump rust out of it.  
>that did not help. now there is a lot more to this , like i drove it over 100  
>miles yesterday without a hint of any troubles , those carbs were on the last  
>motor running fine also.
>anyhow when we got home i removed that sucker , poured the gas into a paper  
>towel , saw a fair amount of fine metal filings.  but the float was heavy  on 
>one side. so i put a new float in it  , drove it @4 miles and it runs  great 
>again now.  i finally found a very small pinhole on the inside of the  float. 
>how it decided to happen like that is another of the many mysteries  around me 
>lately. i am sure glad to have gotten thru the whole tour and not burn  the 
>truck to the ground today.  it was a fun day...(with a few pictures to  prove 
>it).
>next projects include  1: change the oil , 2: change the plugs ,  3: install 
>a humongous fuel filter somewhere on it.    maybe i  will also check the other 
>carb.
>regards, tim colson
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