fixerupper
Well-known Member
It's interesting to discover some of the
changes made in manufacturing materials
during the WW2 and Korean war era.I have
seen a steel radiator and now I came up
with a steel fuel sender float. This is out
of a Signal Corps 10 KW generator dating
from somewhere in the middle to late
forties. Brass was being used for more
important items than gas tank floats at
that period of time so this is what some of
the gas tanks ended up with. I filled the
tank with a 10% muriatic acid/water
solution for four days, sloshing it
periodically. The tank cleaned up slicker-
n-a whistle but the float didn't fare so
well. It was probably rusted through
anyway. A new brass float will be here in a
few days.
changes made in manufacturing materials
during the WW2 and Korean war era.I have
seen a steel radiator and now I came up
with a steel fuel sender float. This is out
of a Signal Corps 10 KW generator dating
from somewhere in the middle to late
forties. Brass was being used for more
important items than gas tank floats at
that period of time so this is what some of
the gas tanks ended up with. I filled the
tank with a 10% muriatic acid/water
solution for four days, sloshing it
periodically. The tank cleaned up slicker-
n-a whistle but the float didn't fare so
well. It was probably rusted through
anyway. A new brass float will be here in a
few days.
