[AT] Farmall carb

[Skip Cleveland]

They are used as fuel filters at the fuel inlet fitting on some fuel 
systems. Carter Quadrajets are some that had them.

Skip
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From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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> But I don't think that brass/bronze material is actually sintered.  As
> some others have said, it's a filter material that has been around
> forever it seems like.  There area number of applications for it, but
> one of the most common is the "drain" on carburetors.  I always think of
> it in terms of the "Chore Boy" kitchen scrubbers that my mother used to
> keep at the sink to scrub pots and pans with.
>
> When owners inadvertently remove the filter material from the breather
> plugs on the final drives of Power King tractors (which use the same
> stuff) I tell them to replace it with coarse steel wool.  Of course,
> steel wool isn't rustproof the way the brass/bronze material is, but it
> functions the same way and if you're using it in a location that isn't
> filtering a solvent, it lasts fairly well.
>
> Larry
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:39 PM
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> Yeah Bob that's what I meant.  For some reason I just couldn't think how
> to
> spell it at the moment.  That's why I put it in quotes.  Not that quotes
> are
> correct for that but  ............
>
> Charlie
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> From: "Bob Seith" <seithr at denison.edu>
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>
>> Did you mean "sintered" bronze? I know what that is, but I'm not sure
> it
>> would do anything special in this circumstance:
>>
>>
> http://www.ggbearings.com/pdf/literature/datasheets/englisch/SinteredBro
> nze_en.pdf
>>
>> Bob Seith
>>
>> charlie hill wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen those plugs on carbs before.  They look like a pipe plug
> but
>>> have a "sentered" (sp) bronze center much like the filters on old
>>> Quadrajet Carbs.
>>>
>>> Charlie
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>>>
>>>> Check very closely. I do know that some updraft carbs have a porous
> plug
>>>> in this hole and will leak gas if flooded. I guess that this was one
> way
>>>> to help prevent flooding and help clear it if it did happen.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>>> Hi fellas,
>>>>>   On this carb < http://home.adelphia.net/~jcullom/tractor/carb.jpg
>>>>> >, why
>>>>> would gas be leaking from
>>>>> the bottom of the area where the arrow is (not the needle valve
> screw)?
>>>>> Is
>>>>> this a plug or a screw
>>>>> that could be loose?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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