[AT] 430V update

[Howard Weeks]

I have a 430T and had early problems getting the throttle to stay where 
I put it. The leather disk was worn out so I replaced it. Better but 
still had the problem. There is a spring up on the front end of the 
throttle shaft (above carb) that pulls the throttle toward idle as I 
remember. Someone had put a bed spring on mine (way too strong) and the 
throttle disks wouldn't hold it. Couldn't find the parts book spring so 
went looking for one with the right length and tension. It took some 
"try and replace" but eventually found one that has worked for many 
years now.

Howard in GA

On 10/3/2017 5:12 PM, Carl Gogol wrote:
> Spencer
> Here is something else you might try-  Have an Allis Chalmers 914H garden
> tractor that has a friction type throttle lever. About a year after I bought
> (1985) it I was complaining to my neighbor who was the dealer that it was
> loose and not staying in position.
> 
> He came over to fix it with a can of WD-40 and took the hood off to get to
> the friction disks.  Instead of tightening the pack he starts to spray the
> WD-40 onto the top of the friction pack. I told him I wanted more friction,
> not less, probably with a little excitement in my voice.  He told me in
> perhaps kind words to cool my jets.
> 
> Counter intuitive, but the throttle held position and worked great for years
> afterwards.  Still have to make that repair every 5-10 years though.  Might
> work on the 430V.
> Carl
> 
>>> The throttle lever will not hold    idle, nor will it hold wide-open. It
>>> quickly drifts off in both cases.  I had this problem with my John
>>> Deere
>> B
>>> as well. One of these days I'm going to have to learn how to fix that.
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> As a kid I put a half zillion hours on a new Deere 40-C. The throttle
>> lever on it got to creeping to where you could not run at full
>> throttle unless you held it down with a tarp strap. Not knowing what
>> else to try my father handed me a small medicine bottle of salt water
>> with an eye-dropper in it and had me occasionally drip a tiny amount
>> of it in the crack at the base of the throttle lever where it pivoted.
>> I don't know what the proper fix is but that cured that one and it
>> didn't give any more trouble.  (shrug)  :-)
> 
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