[AJD] D John Deere carb

[Brandon Knapp]

If gas would not go into the carb, it was probably a stuck needle/float, or 
trash stuck somewhere. No suction needed to get gas.

Your year of D would have a cast iron body and bowl. I'm thinking the DLTX13 
you see is a part number, I don't think there was a DLTX 13 carb? Look 
around to see if you can find DLTX 16 marked somewhere.

Just a suggestion, but you may want to buy one of the Roberts Carburetor 
repair movies (http://www.robertscarbrepair.com)? I was able to completely 
disassemble and fix a model B DLTX 10 carb with no problems after watching 
the part two video. It also explains how to clean out the passages with 
properly sized drill bits, which is usually a must. You can get the drills 
and parts from him too.

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Epps" <garyepps at fidnet.com>
To: <jdat at mylist.net>; <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:48 AM
Subject: [AJD] D John Deere carb


>I am trying to clean up the carb on the '37 D.  I now have it off the 
>tractor and am now puzzled.  Acorrding to the manual SM2000 it should have 
>DLTX-16 but it has a DLTX-13.  The bottom of the bowl is enbossed DLT 7. 
>It is not the brass carb.  Is this the way it is supposed to be?  Do all 
>these numbers go together?
>
> I left gas in it too long and gas now will apparently not run into the 
> carb, ie nothing comes out the bowl drain.  Does the engine need to be 
> turning over to create suction to get gas into the bowl?  I plan to soak 
> the carb tomorrow in carb cleaner.  Are there any issues I need to be 
> aware of?  The manual says to soak it for1 to 2 hrs while the carb solvent 
> I bought today says to soak a carb for 20 to 30 minutes.  Have you guys 
> got any advice for a rookie?
>
> Thanks, Gary