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Old 04-23-2012, 04:44 PM   #7
Bruce Lancaster
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Default Re: KRW Float Level Gauge

97 and 94 use different 3/8 threads, don't remember which is which.
The KRW level gauges for 97 and 94 are somewhat similar to the picture but are not adjustable or rotatable...the 97 one is cast with angled banjo, the 94 type with straight banjo, and of course captive bolts to suit the application. Both are cast iron with basic body cast in one piece. I found both a few years back, not for sale nohow...
As a start to building a working but not authentic looking replica, Speedway sells a 3/8 brake banjo fitting which could be turned into a gauge.
Take a Speedway banjo, drill out the passage as much as possible for responsiveness and to minimize surface drag on fluid. Use the compression washers speedway sells with it.
Speedway bolt is right threads for Stromberg and should also be drilled out just short of daylight...94 would beed a new bolt, drilled to suit. Debur and polish threads...you don't want them to chew away any metal from carb!
Add any sort of tubing apparatus to turn upward and terminate it with clear hose or tubing and a simple bracket or hook to hold top part vertical and still in use by attaching to a lid screw.

PS...it is a FUEL level gauge. Originally Ford and Stromberg did not publish a float level for the EE carbs, only fuel, to be checked with actual pump pressure.
The Ford carbs did have a float level spec, but if anyone wanted to check the resulting fuel level against that spec a sight gauge was mandatory, unlike the Stromberg.

Last edited by Bruce Lancaster; 04-23-2012 at 05:30 PM.
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