[Farmall] K5 bushings

Bob Currie tractors at foothill.net
Thu Jun 23 16:55:58 PDT 2005


I'm anxious to hear from you how the 36 runs Karl. See or hear any 
differences in the two F-20's.

bobcurrie

At 04:01 PM 6/23/05, you wrote:
>Figured out a simpler way to pull the throttle shaft bushing on the Zenith 
>K5 carbureter.  The smaller throttle shaft bushing is 'blind'; it has carb 
>body behind it so that you can't push it out.  It has a 5/16" diameter 
>hole for the throttle shaft.  I ran in my 3/8" NC tap, threading the 
>bushing for about five turns, and then used a bolt and a stack of washers 
>to pull the bushing.  Picked up this trick from the John Deere guys; 
>that's how they pull the main nozzles on JD carbs.
>
>The K5 on my '36 F-20 was all black; no sign of gray or red paint.  Maybe 
>it was a replacement carb?  At any rate, I repainted it black.  Should be 
>able to start that tractor this weekend.
>
>-karl
>
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