[AJD] DLTX-67 bore plug screws

[Mark Johnson]

I don't know if the rebuilders would take it on, but if they do, I'd expect
something along the lines of the old 'Shop Rate Card' gag:

$40/hr
$50/hr if you watch
$60/hr if you help
$150/hr if you worked on it first and then brought it in.

I haven't used them, but I have heard nothing but good about Robert's
Carburetor Repair in Spencer, IA.

Mark Johnson
Wichita, KS
'40 H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willie & Debbie Boggs" <debnwillie at msn.com>
To: "antique John Deere" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:54 PM
Subject: [AJD] DLTX-67 bore plug screws


>I recently bought a 51 B that has been sitting for 7 years.
> I bought a kit, strainer, load & idle needles, and plug screws because you
> could see that the existing ones were buggered up..
> There is so much rust in it, I have spent the past eight hours 
> disassembling
> this carb. There is one plug screw behind the flange that would not move,
> even after repeated heating and cooling. The screw slot was so messed up 
> and
> had no luck trying to cut a deeper slot and you can't get an extracter on
> it. I ground in down flat with a Dremel tool thinking I could drill it 
> with
> a left hand bit. I got sparks while grinding brass.
> It appears that some other fool before me had already tried drilling it &
> either broke the bit or something else is stuck in there. Probably is the
> reason I couldn't cut the screw slot deeper.
> The nozzle doesn't want to move either and as stuck as everything else has
> been, I don't know if  I want to mess with it.
> Anyone know if one of the carburetor rebuilders would take up where I left
> off?
>
> Willie & Debbie Boggs
> Rawlins, WY
> debnwillie at msn.com
>
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