Re: pressure tank button/knob question?
Scaaty,
The fuel gauge has a brass float assembly on it. two 1/4 thick brass rods about 12 inches long are screwed into the carrying handle thing underneath it. They guide the float up as it floats up due to fuel in the tank. It has a long screw going up between the rods that the float rotates as it rises. On top of the long screw is a piece of iron which turns and attracts the the magnetic needle on the gauge on top of the assembly. Someone broke off one ofthe brass rods right below where it threads into the top. I got the old threads out but don't know how to weld brass. I don't see any danger in putting the jbweld on there to hold the rod to the top to keep it straight. I was thinking maybe I should have soldered it on there but wasn't sure how. Do you think that is possible with regular solder or is there such a thing as brass solder? What do you think? Does that laingsoutboards place sell parts like a float assembly? To tell you the truth, if JB weld will hold it I think it would be more than o.k. since there's no way for it to get much of a bind. Are you worried it could snap loose and make a spark which would blow up the tank? I would love to hear some ideas if you understand my problem with the above description. I don't mind buying new parts if they can be gotten reasonably priced and, of course, don't want to see my "new place" up or downstairs just yet by an explosion. I guess I could just take out the whole float guage assembly 'cause I can tell how much is in there by picking it up. I would like to get it working right, though. I just need some "know-how" from someone like you who has fixed it right before.
Thanks for the warning, it made me think....
JBJ
