[AT] ATIS members

[Larry Goss]

It really boggles your mind when you find one of those engines where the carburetor has no venturi.  Think about it -- NO VENTURI!  So I took it to the dealership (where I also used to work in the shop) and I asked how on earth you are supposed to clean/adjust/repair such an item?  Their answer --- You don't!  You simply replace it.  So I asked, "How does it work?", and they couldn't tell me.  Apparently, the throttle block (you certainly can't call it a butterfly) fits in the casting with a calculated loose fit that has enough of a pressure differential around it for atomization to occur.  It's enough to make a grown man cry. 

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:35:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] ATIS members

Larry,

This dealer I have a long relationship with and have bought several 
products from them.  I have no doubt that what they said was true - even 
for my Stihl trimmer.  Like any customer I wanted my tool back in 
service quickly at the lowest cost to me.

The concept of throw away does frustrate me but it is what it is.

Since then I only run premium gasoline and synthetic oil in the fuel mix.

David
NW NC

On 11/8/2012 9:56 AM, Larry Goss wrote:
> Some makes and models leave you no choice in that repair job, David.  The retail price for a brand new carburetor is less than the hourly shop rate.  It pains those of us who have lived our whole lives with the premise that it's cheaper to clean and repair an item rather than to replace it, but 2-cycle carburetors have changed that scenario.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Bruce<davidbruce at yadtel.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:05:44 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [AT] ATIS members
>
> A couple years ago I had a trimmer that was gunked up.  The dealer who
> did the service as a matter of course replaces the carb.  Less expensive
> over all.
>
> David
> NW NC
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