[AT] Case VAH won't run; carb issues /followup post

CEE VILL cvee60 at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 1 04:28:14 PDT 2009



I am glad you got to the wire brush bristle, Bo.  I just want to say the bristles work well for cleaning plugged holes here in the North near Lake Ontario also.   Good tip.

Charlie V. in WNY



> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:43:17 -0500
> From: mmc at suddenlink.net
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] Case VAH won't run; carb issues /followup post
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> Let me give you my two cents worth and promise not to tell anyone else this little trick .
> The first thing , your carb is STILL plugged up . The way I unplug one is ,,,, take carb off again , tear down just like you done before , take the upper part of the carb and look from top down too about where the butterfly is in the closed position ( in center of barrel ) and you will see two or three very tiny holes ( you need a good light ) . Once you locate them , get your jet cleaner out with a pair of needle nose pliers and began to try and rope the holes ( pushing from outside in ), one at a time . Chances are one of the holes will be pluged after putting the jet cleaner in about a 1/4 inch . Once you get the hole open , proceed to blow out just like you did before , from inside to outside. Reassemble carb , install on tractor and I`ll bet you a coke it works fine .
> Now where are you going to purchase the jet cleaner ??? Bet you another coke you have several hundred of them and didn`t know it . I take a wirebrush and pull out a whole group of bristles , then remove only one of them , straighten it out and you now have a jet cleaner that will clean the smallest of holes , and the good thing about using wirebrush bristles is they are made from tempered wire and will not break ( let me rephrase that , I`v NEVER broken one ) .
> Most folks don`t relize it but when a carb has trash plugging the holes , blowing air from inside out just compacts the trash and you can`t blow from outside in because of space . When you push the jet cleaner from outside in , you break up the trash and then it goes thru .
> Thats how I do it way down south. If you have any questions , feel free to contact me.
> Bo Hinch
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> ---- Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
> > From: dean at vinsonfarm.net
> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:24:58 -0400
> > Subject: [AT] Case VAH won't run; carb issues
> >
> > I was up at my dad's farm last weekend and continued tinkering with the
> > old VAH.
> 
> Okay, it's been two months since I was last up at the farm, but this past
> weekend I finally got the old Case running again. As some of you had
> suggested it would be, working on the carburetor was pretty straightforward.
> I took it off, carefully took it apart to the extent that I could with
> simple tools, wire-brushed some greenish scaly gunk out of the fuel bowl,
> and gave everything a general cleaning and inspection. Blew compressed air
> through all the open passages, put all the original parts back together, put
> it back on the tractor, and it fired up at the first touch of the starter
> button. Still needs some tinkering to get the adjustment right since it
> needs full choke to run smoothly, more than seems right, but I didn't have
> more time to work on it. Dad is happy to be able to move the tractor around
> now, and I'm happy it's not so much an obstacle for him anymore.
> 
> Next trip I'll need to bring up a new sediment bowl... the one that's on
> there is fine but the valve leaks when closed. And I should change the oil.
> And work on that broken stop on the left front end that lets the wheel turn
> too much perpendicular to the direction of travel. And find a parts tractor
> with a good PTO shaft. And put in a new clutch...
> 
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
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