A rainy Saturday equals no ambition for me........

Jstpssng · Aug 29, 2020

Oldpath05 said:
A sign of liking to drive on ME roads, truck drivers are in high demand everywhere and pays the most. How come the original carb cant be rebuilt, I thought old tractors was easy to work on?

My original plan was to rebuild, until I saw a picture of the parts set. At the time the old carb was in Auburn and it seemed easier to just buy a new one, hoping to put it on and go with it that day.
I actually posted in the Vintage Ferguson section asking which I should do, but ended up placing my order before the replies... most posters stated that it was indeed better to fix what I have.
Some of us just have to pee on the electric fence to learn... I should be a genius by now as many lessons as I've taken. :embarrassed:

radios1 · Aug 29, 2020

Jstpssng said:
My original plan was to rebuild, until I saw a picture of the parts set. At the time the old carb was in Auburn and it seemed easier to just buy a new one, hoping to put it on and go with it that day.
I actually posted in the Vintage Ferguson section asking which I should do, but ended up placing my order before the replies... most posters stated that it was indeed better to fix what I have.
Some of us just have to pee on the electric fence to learn... I should be a genius by now as many lessons as I've taken. :embarrassed:

the float should have raised up, and pushed the needle valve closed before it overfilled. the problem should be easily diagnosed..

Jstpssng · Aug 29, 2020

radios1 said:
the float should have raised up, and pushed the needle valve closed before it overfilled. the problem should be easily diagnosed..

Yes, but I just bought this carburetor. If I wanted to take one apart I would/should have simply bought a kit for the old one.

Bird · Aug 30, 2020

We didn't have a rainy Saturday. Instead we had a mostly sunny 106 degree day. I went to the store early in the morning, and we stayed in the rest of the day. Forecast for today is 100 degrees, but it's raining right now at 5:30 a.m.; just hope it keeps on raining.