[AT] 430V update

[charlie hill]

I apologize for not keeping up with the list lately but I'm having eye 
problems.

More about that in a second.  The BEST rust remover I have ever used is a 
laundry product
called Wink.  It's made to take rust stains out of clothing but it works 
great removing rust from
anything I've ever put it on.  It is an acid but it's mild enough that it 
does not burn your hands if
you get it on them.  At least not mine anyway.  It does need to be well 
rinsed and if you ever
use it on porcelain, etc.  rinse it just as soon as you see the rust go away 
because it will eat the base
material.  That shouldn't be a problem with a carb.  It's relatively cheap. 
You'll find it in the
laundry section of most grocery stores..... at least in the S/E.

Back to my eyes.  Don't worry, I'm fine but the surgery on my right eye 
slightly reshaped my
eyeball enough that both eyes don't exactly point in the same direction 
right now.  It only bothers me
doing close work and reading.  Thus I won't be rebuilding any carbs or 
keeping up with my e-mail for
a while and I have to have the same surgery on the other eye probably in 
March.  It's not bad surgery.
Just implanting shunts to regulate the IOP in my eyes so I don't go blind 
from the Glaucoma I have developed.

Hope the Wink suggestion helps someone.

If someone replies and I don't respond you'll understand why.

Charlie



-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 3:35 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 430V update

The old timers swear by boiling carbs, using something acidic instead of 
water if there is rust.   Lemon juice definitely works but requires a rinse 
boil to get the sugars off of it.  Preferably two rinse boils.   So it's 
time consuming.

If rust isn't a problem I just dip them in my  NAPA carb dip.   If it is I 
will dip them per normal(430V carb is in the can now) and then do the boil 
after getting as much carb dip reside off as I can.

One thing I have noticed by boiling. You know that thin, fine grained 
scale/sediment that is like concrete in the bottom of the bowl that the dip 
never really gets out? Boiling will get that.

Spencer Yost

> On Jan 23, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> 
> wrote:
>
> Yeah that's a nice feeling when everthing comes apart without stripping or 
> breaking something.
>
>
> What is the lemon juice boil? I've never heard of that trick.
>
>
> Brad
>
> ________________________________
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Spencer Yost 
> <yostsw at atis.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 8:34:29 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] 430V update
>
> The carb rebuild has started.   I was clearly right in that somebody has 
> been in the carburetor recently. There's a rebuild kit in it, but a couple 
> of important components were not replaced. The throttle bushing was old 
> and probably was a little looser than I had thought. One jet was not 
> seated all of the way, and the float clearly is not adjusted correctly. 
> Also the water leak that froze the cylinder also put some water in the 
> carburetor.  So there was some rust in two passages, partially clogging 
> them.
>
> I may have to do a lemon juice boil for the rust.   It was reasonably 
> localized and minor so we'll see after I soak it and hand twist a drill 
> bit in the passages.   I fortunately have drill bits the exact correct 
> size.
>
> PS. All the jets (and all the parts for that matter)came out easily.  A 
> first for me. (-;
>
> Spencer Yost
>
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