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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 173268" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>As to brass floats I would not think they could be attacked by ethanol fuel. BUT it seems very old floats made from brass - and other parts in brass - can develop cracks in time, even when sitting on the shelf. That happened with my R 69S Bing carbs a few years ago in short time when at least two floats failed on the road. In the photos when you zoom in you can see cracks, one was soldered for quick temporary repair.</p><p> These Bing floats are very thin walled, only 7 grams . Sure, new production Bing brass spares are € 50.- each but you won´t be surprised I went the full Monty and fabricated a pair from Stainless, even lower weight of under 4 grams. Stupid me, I picked sort of springsteel stainless foil, so my deepdraw efforts did not come out as desired and I only used the top and bottom parts and had a middle section from extra sheet finally. So these are most likely the only pair in stainless worldwide in BMWs.</p><p> When dealing with ethanol fuel you can have some corrosion from collected water like holed float chamber from water in the bottom - had this some time ago - and I have this 69 S since 1972 and never had that kind of corrosion with olde time gasoline !</p><p></p><p> Vic</p><p>[ATTACH=full]59710[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59711[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 173268, member: 1493"] As to brass floats I would not think they could be attacked by ethanol fuel. BUT it seems very old floats made from brass - and other parts in brass - can develop cracks in time, even when sitting on the shelf. That happened with my R 69S Bing carbs a few years ago in short time when at least two floats failed on the road. In the photos when you zoom in you can see cracks, one was soldered for quick temporary repair. These Bing floats are very thin walled, only 7 grams . Sure, new production Bing brass spares are € 50.- each but you won´t be surprised I went the full Monty and fabricated a pair from Stainless, even lower weight of under 4 grams. Stupid me, I picked sort of springsteel stainless foil, so my deepdraw efforts did not come out as desired and I only used the top and bottom parts and had a middle section from extra sheet finally. So these are most likely the only pair in stainless worldwide in BMWs. When dealing with ethanol fuel you can have some corrosion from collected water like holed float chamber from water in the bottom - had this some time ago - and I have this 69 S since 1972 and never had that kind of corrosion with olde time gasoline ! Vic [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040098.JPG"]59710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040075.JPG"]59711[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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