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In the late 80:ies when I rebuilt my '52 Panhead, I just "dropped in" a V-Twin repair kit into the Linkert carb. That means I did not modify, correct or remanufacture the new parts in the kit like the float and the 1273-33A needle valve & seat assy. And I never thought about the carburator anymore, just rode the bike.
A few years later I bought a couple of similar kits for future need. This year I opened the boxes as I needed these parts for a Flathead carb that started to leak gas. It turned out that the needle valve seat had wrong, non specs threads both in the upper end, that goes into the bowl, as the other end where the filter assy is attached. And the part in the other box had the same problem!
The original problem with the Flathed was the repro brass float acquired a couple of years ago from an other source. It has a hole! So it sank like Titanic. The hole is so small, that after two years on the shelf, it is still full of gas. It does not come out. Last week a buddy of mine had the same problem with a current V-twin brass float. It sank after 3 weeks. It was packed in a similar flat round plastic "medicine case". These are obviously no good, so where do I find the grey hard material float that been floating in the Pan carb for nearly 20 years now?
Through the years we have seen floats that swoll up and stick inside the bowl or disintegrate in modern gas.
And who has the needle and seat that fits the threads. Also the needle should not have a rubber end, that swoll up. The end should be machined in steel with a correct fit. The other end on many needles we have seen is poorly made and the float lever can not move in the intented way. The float lever pin is also poorly made in all part kits I have seen. And does anybody make a float lever?
I meen, when someone makes the trouble of remanufacturing these very important pieces, why not make them correct?
Fiskis
A few years later I bought a couple of similar kits for future need. This year I opened the boxes as I needed these parts for a Flathead carb that started to leak gas. It turned out that the needle valve seat had wrong, non specs threads both in the upper end, that goes into the bowl, as the other end where the filter assy is attached. And the part in the other box had the same problem!
The original problem with the Flathed was the repro brass float acquired a couple of years ago from an other source. It has a hole! So it sank like Titanic. The hole is so small, that after two years on the shelf, it is still full of gas. It does not come out. Last week a buddy of mine had the same problem with a current V-twin brass float. It sank after 3 weeks. It was packed in a similar flat round plastic "medicine case". These are obviously no good, so where do I find the grey hard material float that been floating in the Pan carb for nearly 20 years now?
Through the years we have seen floats that swoll up and stick inside the bowl or disintegrate in modern gas.
And who has the needle and seat that fits the threads. Also the needle should not have a rubber end, that swoll up. The end should be machined in steel with a correct fit. The other end on many needles we have seen is poorly made and the float lever can not move in the intented way. The float lever pin is also poorly made in all part kits I have seen. And does anybody make a float lever?
I meen, when someone makes the trouble of remanufacturing these very important pieces, why not make them correct?
Fiskis
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