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Here are some photos of the floating pickup. The upper part is a sealed chamber and the pickup tube passes through it to a dome in the lower part above the screen.
This one is from a 1951-54 engine with the FLOATO name and Taylor Sales stamped on the raised area in the middle.

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It is also most importaant to inspect the float STOP that keeps the float from rising too high and thus hitting the crankshaft.

Over the years i've seen "professional" rebuilt engines that had a clicking noise that would come and go. Only to remove the oil pan, see all shiny new bores, pistons , oil pumps etc but that the float wa hitting the crank because the float stop was either bent or broken or badly worn.

I've ran into this on t least 3 engines that i can recall over just the last 20 years.