[AT] AR carburetor

[Dean VP]

Ralph:


I have not had good luck soldering these floats. I must not know the right
techniques. The floats that I have worked on didn't seem to be made from
copper, more like a thin bronze or something. A fuel resistant airplane glue
or something similar for metal may be a better technique. But you don't want
to put any more glue on than is necessary.

After market floats are available in the $19 area and I have not seen any
reason to pay the extra JD tariff. I highly recommend Roberts carburetor
Repair as a source for carburetor parts and gaskets. 

http://www.robertscarbrepair.com/carbs.htm

I have found their parts to be of high quality and I especially like their
gaskets since in some cases they are softer and thicker sealing better on
less than perfect surfaces. 

YMMV.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


www.deerelegacy.com

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:02 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] AR carburetor

Just a brief update on my continuing carburetor adventures. We've had the JD
AR carb dismantled and soaking in the cleaner for a while now and it appears
that there is a very slight crack in the float. It was empty on disassembly
but seemed to have absorbed some of the cleaning fluid while soaking. There
appears to be a fine crack in the metal right near the hinge attchment
point.
I'm hoping that soldering might be a cure for this but haven't attempted it
yet. On checking with the JD dealer I find that new floats are available at
a cost of $42.75. Not exactly cheap are they? But its good to know that a
new one is available in case we destroy the old one in the process of trying
to solder it.
This carb is the Schebler DLTX71 as found on the later model AR tractors.
And thanks again to those of you that sent me the parts diagram for this
carburetor. It was a big help.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/


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