400LP regulators and carb

Does anyone know where I can get a kit to rebuild a vaporizor and carb for a 400

I just went through this a month ago. Click on the link below for addresses.

Let me just say that the overpriced kit is not complete and there are no instructions. You can't speak to the owner: just his wife who knows nothing. Apparently the owner is ill. An example of the overpricing is the filter element. He wants $20. IH only wants $5.50.

I should have disassembled the regulator before ordering parts. The partition plate was rotted out. The small lever for the low pressure valve was in very delicate condition. The spring was just a few disconnected rotted coils.

I got the kit from Everhard. A good partition plate and lever from Welters Farm Supply (good people), and the spring from my IH dealer via an obsolete parts house. BTW, Welters will rebuild yours if you want.

As the parts were coming in, I saw a good regulator on eBay. I got it for $36. It came from a running tractor. It works great. I haven't cancelled the eBay search and have only seen two regulators in the past month.

The carb didn't need any work. There is a vacuum on/off control diaphram. If you sucke (YT filter got me on that word) on the port where the vacuum line is located and if it holds vacuum against your tongue, it is OK. There is not much else to replace except for a few gaskets. I didn't replace anything in the carb.

The cost for parts on my original regulator came to $132. I'd say it was time and money wasted. Get a good one off eBay.

If you have flaky rust on the inside of the street elbow that goes to the carb, you can count on significant rust in the low pressure side of the regulator. My original regulator had enough loose rust to fill a tablespoon
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LP thread from a month ago