[AJD] DLTX-67 bore plug screws

[joemneuman at comcast.net]

I have a DLTX 10 from my 40 B i ended up drilling almost all the plugs.  Broke home made slide hammer trying to remove nozzle.  Had to grind that out carefully with a mini die grinder.  Then sent carb body to motor cycle shop that had an ultrasonic cleaner.  Came back spotless.  Now I'm starting to re build.  Need many new parts tractor had not run for 30 years 


----- 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 9:54:36 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 

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one 
useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or 
more is a congress.--John Adams 

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