[AT] 430V Update
kkinney at herculesengines.com
kkinney at herculesengines.com
Tue Feb 13 20:32:19 PST 2018
Spenser
One thing I have done with success on worn needle threads is to clean the female threads real good and put a very light coat of oil on the male threads. Then put a dab of JB Weld or similar material in/on the female threads and screw in the needle valve. Let it harden and you should have a pretty good fitting needle valve. Just don’t get so much in there that it is pushed further into the carb. and messes more things up. As they say, just a dab will do you.
Keith
> On Feb 13, 2018, at 10:10 PM, Spencer Yost <syost at triad.rr.com> wrote:
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> Good news on the carb rebuild. i got a test fire today. The rebuild eliminated my high-throttle hunt. It also eliminated what I considered to be some excess black smoke. Obviously I can't be entirely sure as to the culprit, but I believe it to be the high-speed needle. The housing was cracked and the packing was shot. Based on the smoke I think it could gulp air causing the hunt, but otherwise run rich.
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> However my inability to accurately and consistently adjust the throttle mixture remains. That's when I noticed I still have free play in the throttle adjusting needle(I can wiggle it), even with a new needle and spring. Apparently the threads in the carb are worn. It isn't especially problematic, as I can get it sort of close. But I still am not happy with it. Also the reverse mounting used on these John Deere's 430 carburetors causes the idle speed adjustment screw to land on a boss on the carb it is not intended to. That idle speed screw tends to be real touchy because of this. Less than 1/8 of a turn and your running 1500 RPM instead of the spec.
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> But boy it sure is nice to listen to that thing lug under full throttle. It sounds real sweet now. I have a touch of a high speed ignition miss right now. But I think that is timing. Previously, because I could not get it to run consistently at high-speed I could not time it. These tractors, as I think Cecil reminded me, earlier, are timed under full rpm.
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> So still some tinkering. But right now it is running much better - even to the point the causal observer would think its running great.
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> Next: I have the rotted seat back off, and will be reupholstering it. I think I can use the original material. I am also going to have to swap out the rear rim that is rusted. I found a great original and correct rim last summer. I just need to get it down to the tire shop to swap it. Amazingly it leaks air very slowly. So it was a low priority.
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> Spencer Yost
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