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Has anyone ever successfully repaired a carb float posts?

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SteveW:
Got a box of old carbs and someone has butchered the float posts on the carbs.

Just wondering if it would be possible to drill and tap the carb body and make a new post on the lathe?

If i drill down into the carb body am I going to hit a passageway?

Has anyone attempted a repair?

One of the bodies, someone has tried to gas weld it by the look of it, the post is melted away to nothing.

Bryanj:
There was someone on the us forum doing something called micro welding, thing is the aint pure alloy but something odd and cheap.

I see no reason why a flot post could not be repaired using a strengthening pin and fuel proof epoxy but whilst there are still sets out there is it worth it?

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