[AJD] Ok Dean, You can say you told me so....

[Dee Schuyler]

Chris
If you go to my Epson site ther eare some pictures of how I have fixed the 
broken stem in the past.
Feel free to check out the other albums there are a few other tractor 
projects there.
Dee
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4061576&a=30701451&f=
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris C" <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
To: "ATIS LIST" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: [AJD] Ok Dean, You can say you told me so....


>
>
>  Hehe..  A while back I was posting about rebuilding
> a DLTX-10 VS Replacing it with a rebuilt..  Well,  I
> spend a few $$ on Ebay of course,  my favorite tractor
> parts store next to Greg..  My carb arrived.  Looked
> good.. Today I broke the #@!*&^#$ stem threads off
> while trying to take the bowl off.  Despite being
> gentle,  using heat, etc..  So what did I do?  You
> guessed it,  I took the crappy, rusted up,
> pile-o-junk DLTX-10 that I was not wanting to touch
> apart for cleaning today.
>
>          So, after some very delicate torch work,
> breaking a screwdriver (I had to use a long skinny one
> cause whoever put the throttle disc in put the screw
> in so you had to reach all the way down the barrel to
> get them.. )  I had the thing apart with all the plugs
> out.   I have been chiseling 1/4 to 1/2" of stuff from
> the bottom of the bowl.  I think this carb will be 3
> pounds lighter once all the scale is out.
>
>           I spent about a hour and $175 on Robert's
> website ordering parts for the DLTX-10 as well as the
> DLTX-53 and DLTX-71 that I also tore apart today.  I
> also bought a set of his drill bits.
>
>           Fortunately I go to work tomorrow and
> Friday and then it's off the the bead blaster when I
> get home saturday morning.
>
>          I am going to try painting the inside of
> each of the carbs I am currently working on with Tank
> Sealer to see if that will help out with the rust
> problems.
>
>      Now to box up the broken DLTX-10 to send off the
> Robert's as well for the stem repair..  STOP the
> MADNESS,  I am going to go work on my Cat for a
> while..
>
>                        Chris
>
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