[AJD] Carb for 1951 A

[Bill Salisbury]

HI Eileen,

What ever carb your friend with the JD A ends up with, be sure that he or 
she preserves any of the original cast iron body carbs.  The new 
replacements which are a cast aluminum body and "one size fits all" are 
really not worth much.  They don't generally work right.

Most of the old cast iron carbs have been abused and neglected, but in most 
cases can be repaired.  Probably the worst parts to go wrong are the 
throttle shaft bore and the brass jet holder.  I have a 1956 420 (I see that 
you have one too!)  and it took me three attempts of overhauling in my shop 
to get it right.  It is now right.  What I had to do was to bore out the 
original throttle shaft bore and install bronze bushings and then align hone 
those to get a perfect throttle shaft fit using a new throttle shaft. 
Without a good fit there, it will leak air and spoil a good idle.

The brass jet holder gets broken because the fiber washer leaks and in an 
effort to stop the leak, someone tightens the needle valve holder another 
quarter turn at least and breaks the holder in half.  Yes, you can buy a new 
one from John Deere for $88 the last time I checked.  I made a new one in my 
shop instead and it looks and works just like the original.

Good luck!  Bill
420 Standard with wide front end
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Brazil" <ladydeere at yahoo.com>
To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: [AJD] Carb for 1951 A


>A friend of mine has a 1951 JD A, almost the last one built, and needs a 
>carb. (What he's using is a B carb - not working well at all!)
> A JD book he has says the carb should be a DLTX 51, Robert's carb says 
> it's a DLTX 71. What is the right carb for this tractor, please??  Where 
> might he find the right carb?  Thank you.
>
> Thanks - the W stationary engine I asked about previously is a 1946.
>
> Eileen Brazil
> 1949 D, 1956 420 U, 1955 40 C
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Antique-johndeere mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere