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>From: Frank Marrone
>
>>My Series I (with the holes in the tank) had its float badly rusted
>out.
>>It could not be repaired. I went down to the local autoparts dealer
>and
>>looked through their book of tank floats and found a brass one that
>>approximated the volume of the Alpine original. Removed the old float
>from
>>the rod, soldered the new one on and all was well, even seemed to give
>a
>>fairly accurate indication of how much fuel was left in the tank!
>>
Whenever my tank float vanishes I try to replace it with an used champagne
cork. It is surely non-original but it still has the style. But how to
solder it? Maybe I must use rods made of a silver fir?
Larry
from the forests
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