The MGA With An Attitude
Brass Float for Carburetor Leaks and Sinks - FT-116
Moss Motors part no. 370-010 Float, Original Type Brass
Replacement for BMC part no. AUC1123 Float
For all MGA 1500, 1600, MK-II with H4 carbs and MGA Twin Cam with H6 carbs,
MG TC, TD, TF,
Austin Healey 100, 100-6, 3000 models BN1, BN2, Early BN4 with H-Type carbs, Late BN4, BN6, BN7/BT7 MkI with Twin HD6 carbs, BJ8 with HD-Type carbs --
Jaguar early sedans with HD-6 and HD-8 carbs, XK-120, XK-140 with H6 carbs --
Morris Minor with H-type carbs --
Triumph TR2, TR3,TR4 with H4 OR H6 carbs.
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On Feb 19, 2024, Joe Walsh in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, UK rote:
"This is the faulty item. There's no obvious defect and when I submerged the float in petrol there were no air bubbles escaping. So all I can assume is that the soldered joints are slightly porous".
On Feb 19, 2024, Barney Gaylord wrote:
"I installed two new brass floats from Moss USA in May 2023.
One sank in June (30 days).
The other sank in October (5 months).
Apparently expensive does not mean good.
Installed Nytophyl floats in October 2023.
Still good in February 2024.
The problem is bad solder joints not completely sealed.
Submerge it in water and warm it up some, and you can see where it bubbles.
On Feb 19, 2024, Rob Zucca in Camarillo, CA, USA wrote:
"Same problem as Barney on both my cars.
Both now have nitrophyl".
On Feb 19, 2024, Joe Walsh wrote:
"Well, would you look at that! The brass skin of the float is porous" (photo above).
More reports of the same problem from other people, not an isolated case,and the problem has been around for a while. I have officially reported the problem to Moss USA (presume same parts as Moss UK).
Suggest use of Nitrophyl plastic float,
Moss Motors 370-015
Scarborough Faire D46N
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