Reply To: Am I Running On Only 1 Cylinder? Opinions? ’49 Sea King

[John Gragg]

Update:

I know I can be wordy in these posts, my apologies. I will try to keep this on the short side without missing important information.

I honestly did not know the Sierra 7208 float was solid. I didn’t hear back from Dbkski before I made it to the garage, so since I already had another on order I marked the appropriate height to mimic the size of the original float and cut the dome off. From there it was easy. Mounted the float to the float pin with the keepers and closed her up.

I ditched the temporary fuel line I had set up and put my hard-line back in. Trouble is those ferrules don’t last forever so it finally started leaking. No worries, I got smart and googled the part # for the ‘gland’ as they call it in the parts guide. I found a few so I bought a used one and 2 brand new ones. I already bought the 1/4″ copper, so once I get the new gland I can make myself a new hard line.

Next, I did replace an o-ring on the HS needle that I thought might be a little iffy. I put a slightly thicker one on, although I don’t think it was really an issue.

Between the hard line, the float and (maybe) the o-ring she runs pretty well now. The link below is 5 minutes, but I explain what I did and show the motor running through the full power band. She idles much better and really only has trouble with running maybe a little rich at about 1/3 throttle (about the starting spot).

I will be posting a 2nd video (9 seconds) showing bubbles coming from below the power head right around where I expect the driveshaft would be? Maybe someone has an idea what that is? I guess I’ll start a separate thread for that.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to getting this beast running this well.

Now I’m going to spend some time cleaning it up, maybe a coat of paint here and there. Thoughts?

Leave it, or paint it (semi-restore)?

Thanks again everyone!

https://youtu.be/HA9Ec_6IUUg?list=PL4HXqWe5ea9jL0lj2Epr8vb6yI4cnjXOO

Best Regards,

John Gragg
RIverside, CA

Just starting in the hobby, please be patient.

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