[AJD] Carburetor woes...

[Merle W. Johnson]

I have been known to drill a hole directly over the nozzle and drive the nozzle out then plug the hole with a pipe plug.  Saves some hard to replace carbs.
Merle

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
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>
> ------------------------------------------------
> 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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