[AT] Jim Dandy Question

David Rotigel rotigel at me.com
Fri Sep 17 09:01:39 PDT 2010


This kit should work. See: http://tewarehouse.com/s.nl
	Dave

On Sep 17, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Bob McNitt wrote:

>  Larry - The Kohler in this one is the 14 hsp K321S one, if that tells
> you anything.
> Bob
>
> On 9/16/2010 8:40 PM, Larry Goss wrote:
>> Right.  The fact that you told us that it's a Jim Dandy says a lot,  
>> Bob.  But there are at least five different engines that it could  
>> have.  Three of those are K-series Kohler's.  During major  
>> production times, each engine had its own specs on the carburetor,  
>> but right before Kohler announced they were making one last  
>> production run on the K-series, they simplified the carburetor  
>> specs and reduced the number of different ones.  Since the  
>> fundamental difference was the diameter of the venturi, changing  
>> the carburetor specs makes very little change in the operating  
>> characteristics.  You need to keep that in mind as you go forward  
>> on this tractor, because as parts become scarce, the OEM carburetor  
>> may not be available.  Last week, the word I got from Kohler was  
>> that neither the carburetor nor the rebuild kit for the engine I  
>> was working on were available.  I put on a long face, and a call  
>> was put in to the local warehouse.  It turned out that they had an  
>> OEM carburetor in sto!
> ck, but had no rebuild kits -- take it or leave it.  I took it!
>>
>> In the meantime, I boiled out two carburetors, combined them into  
>> one usable one, and now have two carburetors to fit this engine --  
>> a used one, and a brand new one.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bob McNitt<nysports at frontiernet.net>
>> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 18:07
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Jim Dandy Question
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group<at at lists.antique-tractor.com 
>> >
>>
>>>   Larry, from my somewhat limited experience working on old
>>> tractors
>>> (and some newer ones too) filthy carbs and old gas probably
>>> cause more
>>> starting and run problems than almost anything else. I should've
>>> paid
>>> more attention to keep the carb (and fuel line, tank, etc.)
>>> clean on
>>> that Kohler. But since it's stored at my MIL's place and HAD
>>> been
>>> starting&  running OK the few times I run each year, I didn't.
>>> When a
>>> problem arises, the old 20-20 hindsight suddenly kicks in. I've
>>> also
>>> noticed that usually the newer the tractor, the cheaper the
>>> components,
>>> and that includes the engines, etc.
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On 9/16/2010 5:03 PM, Larry Goss wrote:
>>>> BTW, Someone on this thread mentioned they were working with a
>>> Command engine -- 18 or 20 horse.  Be aware that the
>>> carburetor on that engine has a tendency to gum up, refuses to
>>> idle, finally gets to the point it will not run, etc.  It's
>>> all caused by a kind of algae growth in the anti-Dieseling valve
>>> on the carburetor.  The valve is held to the outside of the
>>> carburetor with a couple of Phillips head screws.
>>> Carefully take it off, clean the gum out of the plastic parts,
>>> and it will run like new again.  The growth is time
>>> dependent.  It appears to only be a problem in Command
>>> engines that set for long periods.
>>>> Larry
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