Technical Sticking carburetor float

I have a 1954 Chevy 210, which has the original 235 engine. The float in the carburetor seems to be getting stuck on occasion. Will adding a gas additive of spraying carburetor cleaner work? Any other remedies before taking apart the carburetor

 

Take it apart and clean the **** out of the float bowl. it probably isn't a sticking float at all, 9 out of 10 times it is a piece **** in the needle valve and it clears itself (sometimes), I have been known to run double filters on an old hooptie until the **** on the tank manages to clear itself out. When the rear most filter gets clogged you replace the front filter with a clean one to the rear.

 

Wow Porkn****** great response looks like you been there and done that.
Thanks-

 

Or you could go the permanent route and remove the tank , wash it with alcohol , let it dry and seal it with Bill Hirsch, and replace your lines.
The sealer not only seals but glues any debris to the tank and unless you reintroduce any foriegn matter its clean for good.

 

LOL I just pulled an old tank liner/sealer out of a tank. I am going to guess it had 3 main problems, one the tank may not have been clean enough before that dumped the stuff in there, 2 they may have dumped it in over rust ( go back to one) and 3 it was probably done before gasohol and it was not alcohol resistant. It came out in one piece and was all latexy.

Now this is not to say that tank seal should not be used, just that if you don't do it right you should not do it at all and make sure that it is alcohol resistant, they still sell tank seal that is not.

 

If that carb hasn't been touched for a while, it could have a wear mark on the float tang where it pushes on the needle.
I had this problem in one of my O/T vehicles, and to fix it, I took out the float, tapped on the back of the worn area with a small punch till the worn side was flat, then dressed off with a file and wet and dry..