Ed Kennell 38,170 #1 Posted August 6, 2022 About 20 years ago, I helped my son buy a house on 10 acres. His grand father in law gave him two 417s to mow about 5 acres of lawn. Mike bought a yellow CC zero when the one 417 died. After it sat for a few years, Mike asked me to try to sell it. I got it running and liked the way the 48" SD mowed, so I bought it from Mike. After mowing with for about 5 years, it started to act like it was running out of fuel. Right after I got it, I had put a primer bulb in in the fuel line to prime the fuel pump. The primer bulb was showing some cracks and I suspected it was sucking air and the fuel flow to the carb was minimal, so instead of replacing the primer and pump, I installed an electric pump. The new pump did not help the problem, but I now had good fuel flow to the carb. While searching for a carb rebuild kit, I saw a new carb for $18, so I bought it since it was cheaper than a kit. Installed the carb today and like most imports, I found the choke lever backwards. Everything else looked good. I made a new lever and bolted it to the existing lever. All back together. As it turns out, I don't even need the choke. She started right up and runs great from idle to WOT. I didn't touch the jet settings The 417 is alive....again. 3 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 8,707 #2 Posted August 6, 2022 Ed, I love your idea of making that choke work. I too have a 417-A and it’s my dedicated snowblower tractor. If I ever have to replace the carburetor I’ll keep that in mind. I got one of those Chinese carbs for my C-141 and the choke was backwards, I just remember that the choke lever works backwards. If I used this tractor a lot it would drive me crazy but I have a C-48” Sweepster rotary broom on the front and hardly ever use it. I must say some guys have no luck with those carbs but mine runs great! This by no means is an endorsement for goods from china! 😂 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,852 #3 Posted August 6, 2022 I’ve got a GT14 that came from @Bow_Extreme with a reverse operating choke. Push in for choke, pull out (and two clothespins to hold it) for run. I should look to see if it’s a replacement carb or original, I never thought of that! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,170 #4 Posted August 7, 2022 5 hours ago, c-series don said: I just remember that the choke lever works backwards Due to the close location of the choke cable anchor point the lever had to be on the top to work. Otherwise I too would have left it push to choke and pull to run. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
