[AT] 430v update

[Al Jones]

Glad you figured it out Spencer!

Al

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Paul L Waugh <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
> Sounds good Spencer. Your patience an good attitude are working in your
> favor.
>
> Paul
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> On 2/18/2018 11:45 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>
>> As I mentioned before, i have an unevenness in idle I believed to be
>> related to worn threads for the idle mixture screw. Keith Kinney's solution,
>> to use JB Weld on oiled screw, is probably the right one. However to test my
>> theory I used teflon tape.  I realize Teflon tape has its limitations, and
>> is probably not the right permanent fix, but is a acceptable prototype for
>> the fix. It turns out that I was right.  Idle speed is now steady.
>>
>> I tooled around the farm on at 430, and it ran great. I was really
>> excited. No smoking of any kind and the throttle responded exactly as I had
>> hoped.
>>
>> Since that was solved, I had time to work on the John Deere Hay wagon. As
>> a quick reminder, I had the problem where the inner tube was rusted solid to
>> the outer tubes. There was no way I could stretch the Haywagon out to the
>> distance I need it for a 16 foot bed.  As I mentioned I have decided to go
>> with Cecil's fix. That is to cut a slot in the outer tube.  I was really
>> worried about cutting into the inner tube accidentally while doing this.
>> But that was false anxiety.  As soon as the metal on the groove of the outer
>> tube became thin enough, it would POP!  open.  Really loud and noticeable. I
>> guess the pressure from the rust was enough to open it up.  I doubt during
>> the entire cut that my cut-off tool ever touched the inner tube.  I ran out
>> of time to try to separate them, but I did go ahead and get some penetrating
>> fluid and some protectant in the groove. We're supposed to have rain for the
>> next few days and I don't have covered space available for it.
>>
>> That's all for this weekend....
>>
>> Spencer Yost
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