Earthmaster,carbs, and other lore.

Subject: Re: Earthmaster,carbs, and other lore.

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: Just a little update on my Earthmaster......it's back from the dead! I : pulled the head, and soaked the stuck valves with mystery oil : overnight,re-installed the head, and bingo,the compression returned. But : alas, my carb foiled me again,it would fire a second then flood out. : After numerous dead ends for a replacement carb, I went to work fixing : mine.I soldered new floats on the float arm,they came from an old : motorcycle carb,replaced the packing on the throttle shaft with : o-rings,cut new gaskets,and cleaned,cleaned,cleaned. : It worked! I could not believe the original head gasket does not : leak.The first tank of fuel is treated with the mentioned Marvel mystery : oil,I hope to keep those valves clean. : A note about the valves,only the intakes were stuck,my theory when my : carb was giveing me trouble, I had to keep the choke half closed to keep : it running,this made the mixture way too rich,this gummed up the : valves,after the tractor sat a while the valve were stuck. : Since rebuilding the carb,things were better(it started),the first : couple days I had to keep the choke closed to keep it running,but the : longer I've been running it the better it runs! Yesterday it was running : strong with the choke wide open! I've almost gone through the first 5 : gallons of treated fuel,I think this is whats helping things improve. : I've been pulling logs,clearing my house lot on the familly estate. I : get a lot of looks from the nieghbors,and comments about how they are : impressed this old thing still runs so well. : I still want a good carb,the main problem with mine is the mixture screw : was rotted out,and stripped, I turned a point on a regular machine : screw,and jammed it in there.This is another reason why it may run too : rich. : Lastly,a word about Earthmaster carbs. In my various research on this : tractor, or it's continental motor, I've been surprised to find how many : carb #'s I've been given by dealers,suppliers,tractor tests on : ponies,act. At last count the following carbs are supposed to work on : this tractor,none of wich I've been able to find reasonably priced: : Marvel schubler TSV13,TSV16,TSV24 : Zenith 14993,and the latest from this months tractor of the month : article, : Zenith 61S5. : My email is steve.watroba@nocturnal.com,let me know if you have info : about these carbs,pics of these carbs, or carbs available. : Thanks.

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