Hi George, No, the drop on my float is adjusted okay but thanks for the suggestion. Once it falls all the way down, it is easy for the pin, spring and needle to sort of cock sideways just enough to hang and then you need to tap as the bowl fills up to make sure everything is Jake again. I have the original Carter 3 piece needle, also...and the float. It was an NOS carburetor only needing new gaskets, new diaphragm and a check of things like air passages (for spiders, dust, etc). Guess I could fudge and raise the float drop but I figure there's a reason they wanted the measurement they wanted.
I've seen both Carter and Rochester floats hang up on the side of the carburetor body and act sort of like this, but I'm at this point assuming whoever rebuilt the carburetor checked that.
On the YF, the float pin must be installed with the little nubbin on the side facing outward (not facing inward toward the carburetor's throat. If they get installed backwards, they'll work their way out pretty quickly and this will free up one side of the float. This will allow the float to ride at an angle (where it will hit the side of the float bowl and it will make the needle/seat fail to work properly, too. Finally it will start flooding a lot and stop working altogether. If you look at the image below you can see the little bump on the rod and where it must be located to prevent it from moving inward.
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
