Posted June 16, 201311 yr comment_425774 I saw this on eBay: Nissan Hitatchi Su Float for Datsun 510 Roadster Z Car and Others | eBay Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425779 That don't look like no SU float I ever seen..... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425781 It's for an SU but not the ones on a 240Z. Good thing there was a photo. Might fit 510's. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425793 Those are for the Roadsters.....I need one. I opened mine up and one looks like this pic, the other is all metal (brass I think). I think the all metal float is early roadster vintage and the pictured one is late model vintage. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425808 These are the free floating floats for the 38mm carbs (2 bolt mount to the manifold)...... Those brass floats have a nasty habit of developing tiny hair line cracks, taking on gas and sinking like a rock.....Still nothing available for Z car floats as far as we know..... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425809 These are the free floating floats for the 38mm carbs (2 bolt mount to the manifold)...... Those brass floats have a nasty habit of developing tiny hair line cracks, taking on gas and sinking like a rock.....Still nothing available for Z car floats as far as we know..... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr Author comment_425817 That's too bad. I was hoping they found some lying about. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425835 Can't believe nobody's making floats for the 240Z's. It's not that complicated - seems like the tool-up cost would be so low you could sell them for $5 each and still make a profit, $20 a pair would seem OK. I've seen some Chinese (I know) manufacturing company's sites that say something like "send us your CAD drawings, we'll send you a quote, 200 items minimum production..." Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425838 One of you guys need to jump on this...... Small two or three stage die set for the metal piece and mold or molds for casting the floats them selves. Anyone? ANYONE?We alone would probably buy a dozen or so a year.....We did identify the resin used for the injection molding process if that helps...... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr Author comment_425843 We did identify the resin used for the injection molding process if that helps......Only if you let us know what resin it was. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425856 Bruce, what is it about the existing floats that make them need to be replaced? Aren't they solid material? It is something to do with the metal frame? Are the float bodies deteriorated? Can't imagine ways to help unless we know the details. If its the resin that needs replacing, I was thinking about other ways to replace just that part. Precisely weighted ping pong balls? Styrofoam? Just need something with the same density, yes? I'm flush with ideas once I get going! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 17, 201311 yr comment_425860 We see all kinds during tear down but primarily it's physical damage from errant tools splitting and gouging the foam. I'm also hearing that floats are being degraded by today's gas i.e. soaking it up and getting squishy. No one has sent their squishys in for us to look at so can't testify to that but we are still waiting to see some real cases of "come over here Vern, and look at this"....... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46789-su-floats/#findComment-425860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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