I am looking at getting a new carburetor for my '59 Ford 641 Work Master, I already looked at Dennis-Carpenter and wasnt too impressed with his prices nor selections. I looked here and saw quite a few to pick from and better prices.
My question is if I go with a Zenith one, would it be a straight bolt in? Theres only one photo so I dont know if the linkages and everything will bolt up the same. Both say they fit just # 13878 has a 2 3/8" center to center mounting studs while # 12566 has 2 5/16" centers.
My other question is on the carburetor # 312954, it appears to be a straight stock replacement and appears looks as orignal. Would it be better to go with one of the Zenith ones listed above that will work for a little more money vs going back with the orignal style one?
My problem is this, when the tractor was bought they said sometimes its hard to start. I never had a hard time starting it up, even when it was running 230 degrees. I took it back and they replaced the belt and resolved the overheating issue. But now when I picked it up it was hard to start for them flooding out, and its hard to start for me. Like wise once I do get it running it runs decent but then it acts like its starving for fuel it starts to lose power and if you move the throttle to speed the engine up, it just keeps losing power till it stalls out. From the way its acting I feel my first course of action is to replace the carburetor. I also hope that is the cause of the slight miss that I had today with it, will have to pull the plugs though anyways to check for fouling and clean them up.
Just wanted to ask on the carburetor to see which one would work best.
My question is if I go with a Zenith one, would it be a straight bolt in? Theres only one photo so I dont know if the linkages and everything will bolt up the same. Both say they fit just # 13878 has a 2 3/8" center to center mounting studs while # 12566 has 2 5/16" centers.
My other question is on the carburetor # 312954, it appears to be a straight stock replacement and appears looks as orignal. Would it be better to go with one of the Zenith ones listed above that will work for a little more money vs going back with the orignal style one?
My problem is this, when the tractor was bought they said sometimes its hard to start. I never had a hard time starting it up, even when it was running 230 degrees. I took it back and they replaced the belt and resolved the overheating issue. But now when I picked it up it was hard to start for them flooding out, and its hard to start for me. Like wise once I do get it running it runs decent but then it acts like its starving for fuel it starts to lose power and if you move the throttle to speed the engine up, it just keeps losing power till it stalls out. From the way its acting I feel my first course of action is to replace the carburetor. I also hope that is the cause of the slight miss that I had today with it, will have to pull the plugs though anyways to check for fouling and clean them up.
Just wanted to ask on the carburetor to see which one would work best.