[AT] Farmall C carburetor issues

[Richard Fink Sr]

Only one thing missing in that equation that is time, if that is what your 
heart is set on make it happen life is only so long.
R FinkSr
PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Easley, Greg A." <EasleyG at health.missouri.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall C carburetor issues


> 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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