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I've not tried the milk trick, but my experience with brass floats is that they will not leak at all when you're looking at them, even dunked in fuel. It's the temperature changes that force them to leak.
So, IMO, the best test for a brass float is to heat a pan of water then dunk the float in it and hold it down. If the float leaks, you will soon see a stream of bubbles.

Tinster, you might want to call TRF and see what they say about their pumps. Talk to John Swauger. The issue is just a wrong spring, and you cannot tell which spring is installed from just looking at the outside.
 
Water would not pass thru a crack or poor joint in a metal milk can but the milk would positively wizz thru... my granfa'r learned to check gas tanks/containers/floats with milk as a result of this info. I've used it since first seeing it in my 'yout'.
 
Well you learn something new everyday. This is not a smartass question; does the type of milk matter - whole, 2%, 1%?
 
The TRF pumps are not the same pumps that Moss sells. Moss' pumps are Asian, TRF's pumps are made in Italy to AC specs and are a very high quality. I have one and am very pleased. Call John, he will confirm. Unless they changed in the last 5 months.
 
I'll tell ya Bill, I'm just so disappointed in all this.

I'm fairly sure the Moss rep told me his manufacturer
was in Italy.

Alan thinks he has an old fuel pump at his place. He's
going to look over the weekend. He'll send it to me if he
has one.

PDO Pedro's parts fail, the Triumph vendor's parts fail-
it seems a very uphill battle to get my car operational.

For what it's worth, I did crank over the motor this
morning with the coil in place and choke pulled out.

The car actually started on like the 5th try. It ran
for maybe 20 seconds before it died again. Started again,
ran another 20 seconds and died. I disconnected the battery
and walked away for now.

BUT no gasoline gushing from the rear carb in that brief
time frame. So who knows?

d
 
I got my pump from TRF last year and have had no problems with it. I joined their investor program so get a 33% discount on parts and 10% return on my investment. Nice getting a check every month from them instead of money only going their way. Might be worth looking into Dale.
 
I s'pose it was whole milk "back in th' day" but I just use what's on the shelf in th' fridge. I don't drink th' stuff anyhow, so this is as good a use as any. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
DrEntropy said:
Gasoline and milk are similar enough in characteristics. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
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And, similar in price.


Filler'up!
 
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