WTB Holley Float Arm

Post parts wanted or for sale here

Topic author
Loftfield
Posts: 223
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:26 pm
First Name: Thomas
Last Name: Loftfield
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 Touring, 1912 Express Pick-up
Location: Brevard, NC, USA
MTFCA Number: 49876
MTFCI Number: 24725

WTB Holley Float Arm

Post by Loftfield » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:36 am

Rather desperately seeking float arm for Holley 4550 carburetor, 1912. Lang's supplier is deceased. Prefer to buy just the arm but will consider purchase of more of the carburetor if available.

8two8 two4three-seven4five four

Brevard, North Carolina

User avatar

Mark Gregush
Posts: 4956
Joined: Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:57 pm
First Name: Mark
Last Name: Gregush
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1925 cutdown PU, 1920 Dodge touring, 1948 F2 Ford flat head 6 pickup 3 speed
Location: Portland Or
MTFCA Number: 52564
Board Member Since: 1999

Re: WTB Holley Float Arm

Post by Mark Gregush » Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:25 pm

Well crud! Been putting off ordering one for a 12 that has been on the back shelf, to replace the broken one. :(
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup


Allan
Posts: 5201
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:21 pm
First Name: Allan
Last Name: Bennett
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 van, 1917 shooting brake, 1929 roadster buckboard, 1924 tourer, 1925 barn find buckboard, 1925 D &F wide body roadster, 1927LHD Tudor sedan.
Location: Gawler, Australia

Re: WTB Holley Float Arm

Post by Allan » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:54 pm

Thomas and Mark,
When Stan Howe rebuilt my H1, he fabricated a new arm from brass stock as part of fitting the carb with a modern needle and seat. The arm looks the easy bit. Replacing the troublesome original needle/seat was the more difficult part, especially as I don't know just what he used in the conversion. I would like to convert the one I took off the car to fit his rebuild.

Allan from down under


Topic author
Loftfield
Posts: 223
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:26 pm
First Name: Thomas
Last Name: Loftfield
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 Touring, 1912 Express Pick-up
Location: Brevard, NC, USA
MTFCA Number: 49876
MTFCI Number: 24725

Re: WTB Holley Float Arm

Post by Loftfield » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:00 am

For those who care, advice was given to contact Corey Walker for the float arm. Short story even shorter, he had one, in the mail as we read. I had bought a refurbished NH from him several years ago, excellent carb but not correct for the 1912. Meanwhile, the Holley H1 in question has been rebuilt (with new needle and seat) by The Old Carb Doctor, Jeff Dreibus, who lives in Nebo, North Carolina, a short drive from where I live, hence my preference for his work, also excellent, save that the float arm had disintegrated, easier to look for one than to fabricate. Earlier, I had sent three H1's to a fellow who was highly regarded for carb repair, he managed to lose all three, somehow. One just never knows!?!?

Summed up: Excellent carburetor work from Corey Walker and from Jeff Dreibus, highly recommend both. Oh yes, for Allan Down Under and others in the British world, it is carburettor.

Post Reply Previous topicNext topic