Farmall A carb cleanup

[cjet69]

I couldn't get the Farmall A to fire up yesterday. I pulled the plugs and cleaned them up in the bead blaster and installed them this morning. I still had a heck of a time getting it running, but after cranking(hand crank) for 15-20 minutes it finally chugged to life. It kept wanting to flood from a leaky needle and seat so I brought it home and pulled the carb. Found lots of green goober and rust so I pulled it down, bead blasted, and reassembled it. It started on the second crank after I installed it. I got to thinking when I last opened up the carb and it s been 14-15 years ago.

[w30bob]

Explains why the switched from cast iron carb to pot metal. You got me thinking now......maybe I should pull my cast iron carb on my A and check it. Thanks for posting.

Bob

[seabeelt]

What are the needle settings top and bottom left/front in the picture? Many thanks

[w30bob]

Checked my carb and it looked clean inside, no rust. I had run some Sea Foam thru it and then drained the bowl before I put it away in the shed. Stuff seems to be doing the job. Of course I probably just jinxed myself now.

;O)

regards,
bob

[cjet69]

Checked my carb and it looked clean inside, no rust. I had run some Sea Foam thru it and then drained the bowl before I put it away in the shed. Stuff seems to be doing the job. Of course I probably just jinxed myself now.

;O)

regards,
bob

Good to here. We had one barrel of farm fuel that didn't get treated last year which may be what's causing the trouble.

[cjet69]

What are the needle settings top and bottom left/front in the picture? Many thanks

Not sure what you are asking about. There are six pictures can you tell me which number 1-6 top to bottom?

[Stanton]

Good to hear you found the problem and got it fixed.

[seabeelt]

The fifth picture from the top. I think the top one is the idle/air adjustment and the bottom towards the front is the fuel adjustment? Looking for the settings of each. I have read the top is one turn out from the seat and the front is 1.5 turns from the seat. But then again I have heard 2.5 to four turns out for that one.
Many thanks