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  1. 12-04-2021, 03:25 AM #11
    hairycanary
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    Hi Jesse, Thank you for looking into re manufacturing the Solex Floats - they look very good, I need a pair.
    Please let me know when they’ll be ready. Do you know how much they weigh? The ones in my car weigh 16 grams and 7 grams…!
    Thanks Bill
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  2. 12-04-2021, 03:47 AM #12
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    Hi Bill,

    Thanks for your reply! The weight is a bit of a discussion. I took three measurements of original floats:

    • 7.24 gram
    • 7.28 gram
    • 7.35 gram

    My new floats are 8.00 gram. You can carefully sand a bit material off if you want to have 7.xx grams. If the experts could weigh in that would be great ;-)

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  3. 12-04-2021, 05:56 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by hairycanary View Post
    Hi Jesse, Thank you for looking into re manufacturing the Solex Floats - they look very good, I need a pair.
    Please let me know when they’ll be ready. Do you know how much they weigh? The ones in my car weigh 16 grams and 7 grams…!
    Thanks Bill
    Oh and I need your email address, with one post I can't send you a PM.
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  4. 12-04-2021, 02:48 PM #14
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    These look great! When I weighed a handful of original brown floats they were 9 grams +/- 0.25. We reproduced some in nylon at 9 grams and they worked perfectly so I would assume these will work just fine at 8 grams.
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  5. 12-04-2021, 10:31 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by NTW View Post
    These look great! When I weighed a handful of original brown floats they were 9 grams +/- 0.25. We reproduced some in nylon at 9 grams and they worked perfectly so I would assume these will work just fine at 8 grams.
    Ok that sounds promising!
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  6. 12-09-2021, 02:05 PM #16
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    Jesse,
    Thanks for keeping us updated on your progress. Happy Holidays.
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  7. 12-18-2021, 01:03 AM #17
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    Hi all,

    Gregg asked me to test the new float in fuel, so see if it doesn’t absorb fuel and would become more heavy.
    After a week in fuel, the float stayed the same weight:


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  8. 01-09-2022, 07:39 AM #18
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    After more time swimming in fuel, the weight of the float stays the same:

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  9. 02-11-2022, 08:17 AM #19
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    Good news - any update on availability Jesse? Thanks.
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  10. 02-11-2022, 08:39 AM #20
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    No news as of yet, they estimate end of March. First batch already sold out based on interest.
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