Need to be skooled

[ebinmaine 67,266]

7 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Oh yes. The carb is among the missing never to be found I guess. So what is my best replacement carb? Provided I can free the engine

Get a used Kohler carb. Please.

Some of us have bought the Chinese ones and done ok... Not me.

I won't do it again...

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Get a used Kohler carb. Please.

Some of us have bought the Chinese ones and done ok... Not me.

I won't do it again...

 

 

I bought one for my lawn tractor it was the biggest POS you ever did see

[ebinmaine 67,266]

I've got a 12 horse carb I'd gladly send you but it's froze-up...

 

Yours if you wanna try to save it.

 

I'm NOT sure if a 14 horse engine normally has the same carb as a 12, or 16...

(I DO know 12 and 16 are not the same)

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I've got a 12 horse carb I'd gladly send you but it's froze-up...

 

Yours if you wanna try to save it.

 

I'm NOT sure if a 14 horse engine normally has the same carb as a 12, or 16...

(I DO know 12 and 16 are not the same)

 

 

I appreciate that very much. I may take you up on that. Would it have the same bolt pattern as a Kohler Commander ?

[ebinmaine 67,266]

3 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I appreciate that very much. I may take you up on that. Would it have the same bolt pattern as a Kohler Commander ?

Mmmmmm

Not sure sir.

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

Well to top this all off I also ended up with a brand new Agri-Fab 10cu ft dump cart for free Never used.  Its been in the basement for 6yrs

[ebinmaine 67,266]

Just now, Oldskool said:

Agri-Fab

We have 2.

A 10 and a 17. Decent quality trailers.

The only thing I wasn't super warm and fuzzy about is the axle is centered on the cargo box. When towing uphill it puts too much weight too far back.

That's fixable by moving the axle as far back as possible.

 

The 10 is the one I added a 6 foot tongue and relocated the axle rearward.

It'll have a winch soon.

 

I'll very likely do similar to the 17.

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

We have 2.

A 10 and a 17. Decent quality trailers.

The only thing I wasn't super warm and fuzzy about is the axle is centered on the cargo box. When towing uphill it puts too much weight too far back.

That's fixable by moving the axle as far back as possible.

 

The 10 is the one I added a 6 foot tongue and relocated the axle rearward.

It'll have a winch soon.

 

I'll very likely do similar to the 17.

 

I have one here that is similar. I do think the axle is a bit to be desired but for what it is, it will do

[ebinmaine 67,266]

13 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I have one here that is similar. I do think the axle is a bit to be desired but for what it is, it will do

I replaced the axelrod itself with a piece of 3/4 diameter solid rod. Wheel Horse front wheels.

The bracket assembly is the stock one.

 

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

I may do the same hoist on one of mine

[ebinmaine 67,266]

15 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I may do the same hoist on one of mine

I'll take a picture of it tomorrow so you can see what it is. Basically a boat winch that uses a cable, not a flat strap.

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

deleted wagon pic to post a pic of the GT

 

Edited March 2, 2020 by Oldskool

[ZXT 2,401]

2 hours ago, Oldskool said:

Here is one i built a few years ago. I sold it last summer. I shouldn't have. I used a Chevy 350 starter, a Ford 600 power steering pump,  wood splitter valve, and a 2in bore piston 22in long

Now that's pretty cool! How did the starter stand up? I figure turning a PS pump isn't much of a load so it should do fine.

 

As far as replacement carbs, I have a couple and I recently learned that they are not all equal. I have one on my GT-14, one on my CC 1650 and one on my dads C-141. I bought the one for the C-141 probably 2 1/2 years ago and didn't install it up until a year and a half or so ago. It ran alright, but never as good as I thought it should. After a short time, it decided to start flooding over, but the float would free up if you tapped the bowl. I let it sit about a year and came back to it and pulled it apart. It had a POS plastic float in it which had sunk. Definitely not a good carb. I think it was a $9.99 special off of eBay.

 

The other two I have, which were also off of eBay but were around $15 have performed flawlessly. I have no complaints. One of them even came with two different choke rod setups to fit whichever style you have which was nice. I think the cheapo carbs are alright if you don't get the absolute cheapest.

 

Eric, I have found that Evapo-rust in an ultrasonic cleaner does wonders to dirty carburetors. It also seems to soften corrosion up, which might free your carburetor up. I let them soak for a couple hours, turn on the cleaner for around 5 minutes, rinse them off in hot water and let them soak again. How many times I repeat this depends on how bad the carb is. I re-use the Evapo-rust each time.

[ebinmaine 67,266]

8 hours ago, ZXT said:

Evapo-rust in an ultrasonic cleaner does wonders to dirty carburetors

I use a Gunk soaking kit to clean them.

Works quite well with a little patience.

 

I have 2 carbs that have the shafts corrosion welded to the body.

Been thinking about an ultrasonic cleaner.

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

9 hours ago, ZXT said:

How did the starter stand up? I figure turning a PS pump isn't much of a load so it should do fine.

It held up quite well. The gear on the pump was approx 4.5in. It went up a bit slow but did the job

[Oldskool 6,640]

50 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Been thinking about an ultrasonic cleaner.

I thought about getting one of those. Maybe one from HF just to start off with. Seems as thou I clean about 25 carbs in the spring.

[ZXT 2,401]

47 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I thought about getting one of those. Maybe one from HF just to start off with. Seems as thou I clean about 25 carbs in the spring.

I have the one from HF. It works great, I just wish it were a little larger so I could fit a 4 barrel carb in it!

[Oldskool 6,640]

8 minutes ago, ZXT said:

I have the one from HF. It works great, I just wish it were a little larger so I could fit a 4 barrel carb in it!

So well worth the purchase?

[ZXT 2,401]

3 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

So well worth the purchase?

Correct. 

[Oldskool 6,640]

@ZXT   Is this is?     https://www.harborfreight.com/25-Liter-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-63256.html

[ZXT 2,401]

@Oldskool Yep that's it. Bought mine in-store and used a 20% off coupon.

[Oldskool 6,640]

@ZXT  do you use a powder? https://www.harborfreight.com/6-oz-ultrasonic-cleaning-powder-91593.html
HF is 60 miles from me I want to get everything the first trip.

[ZXT 2,401]

I haven't ever tried using powder in it. 

 

When I'm cleaning carburetors, I take them apart and poke through the passages with a torch tip cleaner to get out any blockages. Then I run it through the cleaner. After I'm done with that, I spray all of the passages out with carb cleaner to get the solution out of it. I've used a simple green and hot water solution in the past and it worked pretty good. 

[Oldskool 6,640]

1 minute ago, ZXT said:

I haven't ever tried using powder in it. 

 

When I'm cleaning carburetors, I take them apart and poke through the passages with a torch tip cleaner to get out any blockages. Then I run it through the cleaner. After I'm done with that, I spray all of the passages out with carb cleaner to get the solution out of it. I've used a simple green and hot water solution in the past and it worked pretty good. 

Oh ok so you have been using the Simple Green/water mix in this unit?

[ZXT 2,401]

32 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Oh ok so you have been using the Simple Green/water mix in this unit?

Yep. Also the evapo-rust mix I mentioned before, it's better for things that are frozen up or rusty.