[AJD] Carburetor woes...

[Chris C]

Greg,

    I got lucky,  I went to the hardware store and
bought a $7 pair of the smallest needle nose pliers I
could find,  and destroyed them,  but removed the
broken tap.  I also bought a good supply of 1/4-20
bolts so I won't be tempted to use my new tap again...

                     Chris
--- greg at theoldtractorcompany.com wrote:

> Chris
> Years ago I broke off my our ORIGINAL JD carb nozzle
> removal tool in an H carb! Talk about a double
> disaster!
> It took us hours but we finally got the puller and
> nozzle out and I then promptly had reproduction
> nozzle pullers made so this would never happen
> again.
> 
> Colorado weather being what it is, we don't have the
> internal rust problems like you guys do. I do know
> some guys though around here who at least paint the
> inside of their bowls with gas tank sealer.
> 
> Greg
> 
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> Box 709
> 7460 E Hiway 86
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
> 303-468-0377 FAX<<--A GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:26:48 -0800 (PST), Chris C
> <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have a 1951 A that I have had a love hate
> > relationship with for quite some time now.   It
> was my
> > grandfather's,  so I will never sell it outside
> the
> > family,  (if you remember my uncle was going to
> buy it
> > for $1500,  the money still hasn't come)  but it's
> > just a tricycle A,  so I really hate to dump large
> > quantities of money into it either...
> > 
> >     Well,  When I went to start it a few weeks ago
> to
> > put it away for the winter,  Of course,  it had to
> > have a few problems....  I wound up pulling the
> carb
> > off,  and today I set out to clean it out.   Now
> this
> > carb had been bead blasted about 5 years ago, 
> with
> > all the passage ways cleaned out,  and everything
> > perfect.  Upon dis-assembly,  it was pretty much a
> > ball of rust inside.  My Question,  have any of
> you
> > used something like a tank sealer, or clear finish
> to
> > seal the inside of the throttle body and bowl to
> > prevent rusting after beadblasting?  Or am I
> doomed to
> > take the darned thing apart every few years and
> clean
> > it up?  The tractor stands idle for long periods
> of
> > time,   and with our lovely dry western washington
> > climate,  well moisture can't help but condense.
> > 
> >    And of course,  as I was taking it apart today,
>  I
> > had in the past tapped out the brass tube that
> goes up
> > through the bowl to 1/4-20 so I could use a bolt
> to
> > remove it.  Well,  I didn't have a bolt handy,  so
> I
> > thought I would use the tap to pull it out..  You
> > guessed it,  I broke the darned tap off in the
> brass
> > tube..  I hope I can find a tap extractor long
> enought
> > to get the piece out...
> > 
> >                    Chris
> > 
> > 
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