[AT] Farmall C carburetor issues

[Stephen Offiler]

Loved that rant, Greg!

Sounds like the, what, $300-ish for a new carb is going to be short money
in the long run.

SO


On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Easley, Greg A. <
EasleyG at health.missouri.edu> wrote:

> I've been to the Portland show, but it's been quite a long time since
> then.  Life's twists and turns have conspired to limit my time for things
> like that.
> Making it to the swap meet out there is out of the question.  I've got a
> week-long trade show to attend the first week of May, and when I get home
> from that it will be time to start planting.  I'm planning on 500 tomato
> plants, 500 row-feet of cucumbers and 1000 row-feet of pumpkins this summer.
>
> The biggest issue I have right now is I need to get this tractor working
> right so I can use it.  I need to get lespedeza seed spread on my hay
> fields and
> my seeder is set up to fit on the Farmall.  I could switch it over to the
> M5 Minneapolis, but time is tight and I'd rather spend it on something that
> will last.
>
> The back-story here is I'm in phase one of my exit strategy from being
> cooped up in an office, staring at a computer screen all day long, while
> working
> for the man.  I've been in the IT business since 1991 and I'm sick to
> death of it.  The stress is wearing me slick, sitting on my ass all day is
> making my back
> hurt, and I'm tired of having to keep my mouth shut to avoid offending the
> raft of millennial pussies that now infest this place.  LOL
>
> My family has been farmers since forever.  That's what I grew up doing.
> I'm going to get back to it come hell or high water.  I've got the land,
> I've got the
> knowledge, and I've got the machinery.  Now all I gotta do is do it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:
> at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 6:43 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall C carburetor issues
>
> If you have never been to the Portland Indiana tractor show and/or swap
> meet, you should go. I promise you will run across several rebuildable
> carburetors for that tractor. The rebuild shops also have a presence during
> the show, and you could even pick up a real honest to God carburetor for
> the tractor completely rebuilt by professionals - probably for the same
> price or a little more.
>
> If you don't need that carburetor quickly I would go to the swap meet in
> May, or the show in August. Missouri is not that far away.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
> > On Feb 23, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Easley, Greg A. <
> EasleyG at health.missouri.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I am sick to death of the YTMag trash worthless pos universal
> replacement junk Zenith that's on there now.
> >
> > Has anyone on the list ever tried one of Steiner's "Marvel-Schebler
> style" replacement carburetors on a Farmall C?
> > Aside from the pain inflicted on Hip National Bank ($289.95) that would
> be the easy way out assuming they are any good.
> >
> > A TSX-157 off of a Case VAC would be about right in terms of venturi and
> jetting, but would require finding the right throttle and choke shafts to
> reverse the linkage.
> >
> > I'm open to suggestions.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Greg
> >
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