They use to be something like 6 bucks if memory serves correctly but finding one might not be easy. I don't even have anything around here with the exception of a weed eater and when that quits, we pitch it and get a new one and like I said, I took the course in 1980 so anything I know is 30 years old.
Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <inthes...@att.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question >I always remove the seat since they come as a set. They aren't a matched >set however. Instead of folding the fuel line, you can stick a quarter >inch bolt in the line and that will plug it off. > > There are fuel shut offs available as well that you can put in the line. > I like them so I can put them up for winter without having fuel in the > carb all year long. I close the shut off and then run the engine until > it's out of gas. > > The kit should be under $5 for a needle and seat. I'm out of touch with > pricing now so I don't know how much more a carb kit runs. But that will > have the ring that seals the float bowl to the carb. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:18 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > > > OK, > > I figured it might be called a needle valve. I have run into trouble with > them decades ago on marine outboard motors, I suppose the oil, quart to > five gallons back when I used to play with them, maybe as you say, > perishing rubber from the hoses. > > I'll have to try and get my hands on a kit I suppose. > > One other question. > > Do I remove the original seat or can I leave it? > > I expect you are right about the rubber hose. The bowl was full of crud > when I removed it. I don't remember ever seeing crap like that in one like > that before now. That little spring clip wasn't attached, I suspect it was > interfering with the needle moving up into the seat but there may well be > debris in there as well. This hose doesn't have a shut-off either and I > would like to find one to install. I have been folding the hose and > stuffing it between the tank and the engine while working on it to keep > the fuel from running through. > > Thanks for this, I'll go in search of spare parts. > > Dale Leavens. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Kennedy > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > It's called a needle. It closes fuel off by the float pushing it into a > seat. Thus the name I'm sure you've heard together, needle and seat. > You'll have to buy them as a pair. > > The spring can drive you crazy. But before that happens, know it will > work well without the hassle of the spring clip. > > What you will want to do when you get a new one is to install the seat, > on that engine it should be a round O ring looking piece kind of squared > off at the shoulders. You can install it by setting it in the opening, and > use either a round punch, or the shank end of a drill bit to push it in > place. Try not to use a hammer to set it, there is a small shoulder in the > opening and you can push right past it using a hammer. > > Next, set the needle in the new seat and then run the pin through the > back of the float. > > When that is done, feel across what will now be the bottom edge, normally > the top edge of the float. Make sure that edge is parallel to the body of > the carb. If it sits "low" pointed toward the float bowl, or up at you in > this case, it can starve the engine. If it sits high, pointed toward the > body of the carb, it can flood. > > That's all there is to it. While you have it apart, spray some carburetor > cleaner in the area to wash out any dirt or garbage that has found it's > way in. > > You may also consider replacing any of the quarter inch fuel line. Often > times as they get older the insides will break down and bits of the line > can lodge in the seat area causing it to flood. > > Let me know if this doesn't work. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:43 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > Good evening, > > I have a wood chipper and leaf shredder powered by a horizontal four > stroke Tecumseh engine. The damn engine has given me a lot of grief over > the years, trouble starting after periods of inactivity. Oddly, this year > it has behaved fairly well. Then it began leaking fuel around the top of > the sediment bowl. The problem appears to be the little pin like valve > arrangement which should close off the fuel flow when the float raises and > pushes the little beggar into the orifice. Well I disassembled it, there > is a little spring clip which I was trying to figure out where it connects > when I lost the little pin like valve closer in the grass. > > I need to know what this little bad boy is called so I can see if I can > chase down a new one. > > It is a 6 or 8 sided pin about half an inch long I suppose beveled to a > point at one end and with a ring milled out very near the other end where > this little spring wire clip snaps onto it. It sits on top of the float > so, when the float is up it pushes firmly into the fuel port from the fuel > tank. > > Those of you with mechanical training may know what this little device is > called. > > Thanks for this. > > Dale leavens. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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