[AT] 430V and First cutting of hay...

[Spencer Yost]

Hey Phil,

It could be, I certainly didn’t do anything in terms of super close inspection of the jets when I tore it apart.  Not sure I would know if any of the jets were wrong anyhow.  However, the whole main load needle assembly(housing, needle, and packing) is new as the old one had a crack in the housing for the needle.    As you folks may remember, this solved  my off-idle running problems.

But all jets were removed and everything was boiled and then soaked in carb cleaner and then reassembled.  Fishing line was sent through all passages at the time too.  I think I mentioned it at the time when I did this, but it was pretty clear someone had been through the carb in the recent past. It was really pretty clean and jets were easily removed, etc.   They did miss the crack in the housing however.

Spencer Yost

> On May 19, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Phil Auten <pga2 at basicisp.net> wrote:
> 
> Spencer, is it possible the main jets are a size too large. Just spitballin' here.
> 
> Phil in TX
> 
> 
>> On 5/18/2019 11:00 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> Quick antique tractor update:
>> 
>> Due to the failing health of a friend, I picked up two new hayfields, at least temporarily. Probably a total of 4 1/2 acres new to me. Very nice fields of good fescue with some orchard grass planted in. So I brought in 358 bales over the past week between all three fields(6.5 acres). The Ford did cutting, baling,  and tedding, and the John Deere 430V did the raking.   I would put the Pacer on tedding, but the previous owner put a twist in the PTO shaft of the tedder, so it only goes in so far. I can’t slide the shaft in enough to get it on the PTO of the Pacer.
>> 
>> My animals are not crazy about predominately  fescue hay (they eat it OK but I can sense they are secretly writing letters to PETA complaining about the treatment they are getting :-) so I sold about 150 of the fescue bales. Will probably use that money to get a new shaft.
>> 
>> Also, I cuss that damn NH 3 point #57 hay rake every time I use it. A new hay rake is probably in my future as well.  I am seriously thinking of a wheel rake this time.
>> 
>> I realized with the extra seat time in the 430V, that I have an issue with it running a bit rich. I can always tell “rich running” by a slight stinging in my nostrils. Plus whenever the governor opens up I can see some black smoke. I’m not sure what I can do as I’ve been through the carburetor a couple of times and even replaced the load mixture needle assembly completely.  If I turn it down anymore, it falters when the governor opens up. But at it’s currently setting  it clearly is allowing the tractor to run a bit too rich.
>> 
>> I am going to double check timing and all my settings.
>> 
>> Spencer Yost
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