Farmall Super C carburator

wrench57 · Apr 30, 2010

I have a farmall super c that I have just purchased and it needs the carb overhauled. I went to our local dealer and he wasnt very helpful on a kit for it. Guess it wasn't new enough to be on his computer. Then went to the parts store. The tractor I have has a carter ub 0-653 carb on it. The parts store looked it up and said that the tractor should have a zenith carb on it according to thier books and they did not show a kit for the carter. I have found 1 avail. on a website but was wanting to know if you guys have any prefs. on rebuilding what I have or go with the zenith. If I go with the zenith I will have to pay for the core also. The gasket is shot on the carb is why I need the kit. Also it comes with a new throttle shaft and from reading the posts it may be a good idea to replace it. Is there anyway to access the archives as I have not found how to do it yet if there is. The tractor is a 1951 model year. Thank you, Rick

wrench57 · May 2, 2010

Well with no response I will go ahead and list what I did and results as they become avail. to those who are checking the thread. I wen't ahead and ordered the carb kit for the rebuild of the carter carb. I had read in other forums some people did not have good luck with the carter and some did have good luck so we will go ahead and try it. Ordered new seat cover and alum. spinner knob as well. According to e-mails they will be shipped on monday. More later as work progresses.:thumbsup:

farmeratheart · May 3, 2010

Wrench57,

This is the vintage of tractor that I grew up with. My Dad had a 1950 C that he sold in 1990 for more money than he bought it for new (granted the 1990 $'s didn't have the buying power of the 1950 $'s, but it is still cool). He also had a 1959 or '60 Farmall 200 (essentially a Super C ?) with the 2pt quick hitch. I remember him putting a carb kit in the C when I was a very little tot, but have no idea which carb was in either tractor. What sort of work are you going to use this tractor for?

Good luck with the rebuild.

Frank

wrench57 · May 4, 2010

farmeratheart, This tractor will have an easy life at my place. It will be used to take care of our garden. When I found it it had a 2 bar corrugator mounted on 2 point lift hitch along with some cultivator parts throwed in. It has the single wheel front. Eventual plans are to get a 2 bottom plow and mower for it. I have some leads on these and will see how they pan out. I have my own small mechanic shop here so during slow times I am planning on complete restore which will keep posting about for those interested so if they come across something that I had worked on that they may have a question on they could get the answer there or contact me. Rick

wrench57 · May 7, 2010

Got the carb kit yesterday and put the carb back together. Wind and rain going pretty strong so will put back on when calms down. Have a 350 Quincy air compressor in my shop working on the head on it and a 3408 to overhaul sitting on a stand that I just got the parts for also so no lack of work to do.

Rick

wrench57 · May 12, 2010

Got the carb reinstalled, turned the fuel back on to get it started and low and behold the shutoff apparently has a small leak as there is no fuel in tank:smiley_aafz:. Oh well one more part to work on before startup. Bad thing is it appears to be stuck in tank. Anyone with idea on how to get it freed up for removal short of heat:shocked:

wrench57 · May 28, 2010

Well my shop has gotten extremly busy:thumbsup: so have not had time to get back to the super c. Will continue with the postings when work on it starts up again. Did find that wiring to the battery OR to the coil was backward so am begining to have more doubts as to the validity of the prev. owners claim that it was used untill recently. This may turn into a major rebuild project instead of a little tuneup but will keep posting on it as time to work on it becomes avail.

wrench57 · Jun 23, 2010

Got the battery and coil wiring to match correctly and tuneup complete. I got the tractor running and went ahead and used it to corrugate the garden. It looks like I will have to pull the tank to fix the leak on the sediment bowl. I tried taking it off the tank in place and it will not budge so hopefully can get it to seal when I have tank off and turned over. I'm also going to have to get a new float for the carb. as the old one is hanging up from a previous poor weld job. More later, Rick

Juggler8 · Jul 3, 2010

Thanks Rick for the info, I'll be checking your progress from time to time. I'm interested in finding a restoration project myself. My neighbor has an old Farmall stored on his property that I have my eye on.

wrench57 · Aug 10, 2010

Juggler8, Things have been pretty busy around here so have not been able to do much on restore. I have used the tractor a couple of times to recorrugate the garden but as far as the restoration it will have to wait for slower times. What kind of farmall were you looking at? I have always liked the red iron ever since dad and granddad had been running them on the farm. I will post as things are done but it will probably be this winter if things slow down. I'll post pictures as work progresses also. Rick :thumbsup: