[Farmall] Re: Farmall Digest, Vol 26, Issue 18

[Michael Dixon]

Cubs had only IH and Zenith carburetors as original equipment. Never a 
Marvel- Schebler. The IH carburetor is the model of simplicity. When 
disassembling, the idle tube is the part most easily broken.

>
>   1. Re: Zenith carb on Cub? (Gary Hayes in Bouse, AZ)
> the zenith replacement may require adapters for the
> air intake, everything else fits but the carb is not
> the same size as the original.
>
> --- The Turtle <turtle at fred.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I ordered a replacement carb from Yesterday's
>> Tractors for a 1960 Cub
>> Lo-Boy I mow with -- one of the new Zeniths rather
>> than a rebuilt Marvel
>> which they didn't have in stock anyway.
>>
>> Anything weird I should know about before I pull the
>> old Marvel off there?
>> I've had that carb off before and the thing is just
>> old and tired... it's
>> got that weird sort of Dr. Seuss look about it as
>> the aluminum has warped
>> over the years from heat and vibration.
>>
>> The carb set me back $165, and YT said they'd give
>> me $40 for my old one,
>> which I don't want anymore anyhow.
>>
>> If there's anything I should worry about before I
>> tear into it in a couple
>> of hours, email me off list, OK?  If anybody else
>> wants my old one, it'll
>> be available in about two hours.  It leaks, it
>> doesn't idle right, but
>> it's original!
>>
>> Turtle
>>
>>