[AT] Farmall C carburetor issues

[Easley, Greg A.]

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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