fixerupper

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I didn't want to hijack rrlund's post so I'm venting alone. My loader tractor, the trusty 630 (till now) has had something floating around in the gas tank, plugging the hole every so often. Then I blow it out and she's fine for a few hours.

I'm going to pull the carb and take it to Robert's after the first of the year, so while it's laid up I can clean the tank and replace the loader seals. But first I'd like to get all the close up loader work done, cleaning our 20" of snow away from the tight spots that I don't want to get into with the 1086 and the Gnuse.

Well, this afternoon she acted up again, so I grumbled and limped her to the shop and backed it in. I just about had it parked in the right spot and it died. I hit the starter button and I had silence-nothing. The lights work fine so it's just a jiggled wire under the dash, but Geez, I was a little frustrated anyway, now this. I decided to go to the house to have coffee I no sooner was in the door when my wife said in a frantic voice HONEY, THE MICROWAVE SHOOTS FIRE. Nuff said! Jim
 
IT"S called MURPHYS LAW. We are running into several problems trying to get our crawler loader into the garage. Well It's the end of December, Maybe January will do away with Murphy. Luck to you. JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN!!!!!
 
I had a Ford 6000 back hoe that was complete junk but ran good enough to help when I built my house. I put an electric fuel pump on the fender when the mechanical one went out. I had problems with rust in the tank, so I drained it and put a 3 inch nipple on the inlet valve inside the tank so the rust couldn't get in.
 
I'm a little worried about that so I stopped by there to chat last week. Hopefully a loader tractor will get a little quicker attention. If not I'm gonna be in the market for a spare carb. I think I can get one by midnight salvage with the owner holding the flashlight. Jim
 
My dad always had me paranoid about re building carbs and had me convinced that it should be done by pros only. Then I tried it myself on the MS carb on my 1600, and it only took me a couple hours. Took it apart and let it soak an hour or so in carb cleaner from Napa, then put it all together with a kit from the dealer. Been running great since. I have been able to idel it down to about 300 RPM and have it not die or stumble when giving it some more throttle again.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
No, but- there used to be an old arm and float from the sending unit floating around loose in there. This tractor has been run every month of every year since dad bought it new in 1960 so I wouldn't think any thick rust would be in there, but you never know. Fifty years is enough time to accumulate some junk. The fuel barrel has a filter, but maybe the hose is delaminating. I'm gonna find out what's in there real soon.

Now, as to the microwave, it's an Amana and Marilyn said she wants another Amana. Is the Amana microwave American made anymore? If it is not, is there ANY american made mico out there?Jim
 
Unscrew the sediment bulb assembly, insert a piece of plastic tubing into the inside of the drain hole, so it sticks up about an inch inside the tank- tubing is available in a variety of sizes. Keeps the bottom feeders from floating over the hole. No need to go several inches high.
 
Don't think Amana is made anymore. Then I googled see the link. Pricy but...

http://www.amana.com/catalog/category.jsp?parentCategoryId=585&categoryId=593I
 
I'm beginning to think a riser tube might be good insurance. The sediment bulb is coming off anyway and I'm rebuilding the diaphraghm shutoff to boot. Like I said in a previous post this girl's 50th birthday is Jan 7 so a good cleaning and tune-up is her present.

This is the first time we've had problems with junk in the tank so the track record is pretty good. The needle n seat do leak and I've replaced them at least twice through the years, but that's about it for the carb. We've kept our machinery in above average shape through the years, so sending the carb off for a high priced overhaul for the first time in a half century doesn't bother me much. I'm kinda lucky to have Roberts only 30 miles away. Jim
 

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