[AT] John Deere Carb.

[John Wilkens]

Ralph, Robert's Carburetor Shop recommends heating the brass nuts with a 
torch.  Stop just before menting point (flame just starts to turn greenish) 
and let them cool off.  Then they always turn right out for me.   John W.



  12:48 PM 02/02/2005, you wrote:
>I finally went ahead and took off the carburetor of my John Deere AR. Fuel
>starvation was causing it to run only on choke. On dis-assembly I was amazed
>at how dirty it was inside that big cast iron carburetor. Looks like mostly
>gum and varnish from stale gas. Its a fairly simple looking carb but I am
>having problems unscrewing the two big brass screws that hold the float
>pivot pin in place. I don't want to damage the heads or twist them off but
>so far they have resisted my efforts to loosen them. This is the DTLX
>(Marvel Schebler I think) carb and the first of this kind that I have ever
>worked on.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
>
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