[AT] IH 350 U

[Ron Cook]

Tom,
     Yes.  There is a shaft inside that tube with an end that engages 
the throttle shaft on the carburetor.  It is not fastened, it slides 
off.  No problem.  Just like an H.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 1/20/2013 4:36 PM, toma at risingnet.net wrote:
> As A long time list member from the Forsythe days I came out of
> lurking some years back and asked for recommendations from the list on
> what would be a good wheel tractor for road grading. I have always
> been a Cat guy and have very little experience with wheel tractors.
>
> Overwhelmingly IH 350 U was high on the list. As if by magic one came
> up for sale on the local computer net. Story was one wheel was locked
> up but it ran, $650. It turned out that both back wheels were locked
> up but it was just the brakes (which are still in pieces). The big
> problem was the famous steering problem which I had to learn about on
> YT. I had to weld up a new gear tooth in the steering box.
>
> At this point it has been sitting in the shed for about 5 years and
> has become a point of contention with the wife. I have not been able
> to make myself go near it. Since I got it I bought an old D8 and have
> given it all kinds of TLC and have it in pretty good shape. I guess I
> was just not cut out for wheel tractors.
>
> I have been trying to get it running again lately. I finally had some
> success today. I finally got spark and it will start but runs rich for
> a bit and floods out. Gas pours out the carb. Usually when the float
> needle leaks I can get an engine running buy keeping the gas shut off
> and turning it on after it starts but no luck on this one.
>
> Where I am at now is the Carb has to come off. This thing is so hard
> to work on. It has a loader so that complicates things. I know it is
> just a Farmall H under all that  stuff, but everything is hard to get
> to. My question is it has that tube going to the governor, If I just
> unbolt it will the carb just come off?
>
> Frustratedly,
> Tom Armstrong
> San Gregorio CA and Mariposa CA
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