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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 26th 2017, 2:15 am | |
| Check and make sure the pins that the butterfly valves in the carb fit nice in their bushings. Those bushings will wear out and cause tons of air to get into the carb and really throw off your air/fuel. Do you get what I'm trying to say? The simplicity did the same thing a while back | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 26th 2017, 12:40 pm | |
| - mightyraze wrote:
- surging? Hmm.... bad intake gasket?
Gasket is split a little round the bolt holes. I'll put some gasket maker around it - CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:
- Check and make sure the pins that the butterfly valves in the carb fit nice in their bushings. Those bushings will wear out and cause tons of air to get into the carb and really throw off your air/fuel. Do you get what I'm trying to say? The simplicity did the same thing a while back
Interesting. I will check that out I'd say it's just some more dirt in the system somewhere. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 30th 2017, 2:08 pm | |
| Finally got her running the way she should. Runs and cuts well. When this picture was being taken, the Briggs was running on about 95% paraffin (kerosene). She doesn't smoke hardly at all and I find that once you warm it up on petrol, it runs fine on kero. It does pre-ignite under a lot of load but it's not too bad. Means I can cut my lawn near enough for free. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 30th 2017, 4:20 pm | |
| - MatthewD wrote:
- Finally got her running the way she should. Runs and cuts well.
When this picture was being taken, the Briggs was running on about 95% paraffin (kerosene). She doesn't smoke hardly at all and I find that once you warm it up on petrol, it runs fine on kero. It does pre-ignite under a lot of load but it's not too bad. Means I can cut my lawn near enough for free. The letter series John Deeres were kinda like that. One small tank for gas, one large for kero. Start her on gas, once she warmed up you turn the valve to kero. Don't stall her on kero, you're gonna hate yourself for it. Spend hours draining the carb, priming her, blowing out the cylinders, etc. I think they had a lower compression setup. BTW, I think they were set up for other fuels too, whatever you have to burn off really. Our '46 A has been bored over, can't run her on other fuels for long now. Still has the turn valve and both tanks. It's really interesting what they did back then to save money | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 30th 2017, 5:08 pm | |
| That is very interesting. I may need to research that. Sounds kind of cool. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 March 30th 2017, 6:01 pm | |
| - mightyraze wrote:
- Sweet, glad you got it running! What was the culprit?
95% kerosene? I cleaned the carb again. I think it was some dirt in the bowl. Yep, kerosene, I've always ran engines on it. The only engines that don't preform well on kero are OHV Honda's. - RichieRichOverdrive wrote:
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- The letter series John Deeres were kinda like that. One small tank for gas, one large for kero. Start her on gas, once she warmed up you turn the valve to kero. Don't stall her on kero, you're gonna hate yourself for it. Spend hours draining the carb, priming her, blowing out the cylinders, etc. I think they had a lower compression setup. BTW, I think they were set up for other fuels too, whatever you have to burn off really. Our '46 A has been bored over, can't run her on other fuels for long now. Still has the turn valve and both tanks. It's really interesting what they did back then to save money
Oh right. I never have any problem starting an engine on kero when it's warm. When it's cold just put a little gas in the plug hole or down the carb. I normally start her on gas, let her warm up then drain the gas out and put kerosene in the tank. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 1st 2017, 1:12 pm | |
| Haha, if this thing ever lets you take a break, do you think you could get a couple pictures of the drive train setup? I'm curious to see what it looks like. "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 1st 2017, 7:43 pm | |
| - mightyraze wrote:
- Oh no! Have you got a fuel shut-off to help protect against that?
Nope but i am going to install one. In the next few days I will take the carb off and clean it again which should hopefully solve my problems. - AllisKidD21 wrote:
- Haha, if this thing ever lets you take a break, do you think you could get a couple pictures of the drive train setup? I'm curious to see what it looks like.
Yep no problem. It has a tiny differential case beside the sprocket so it's not a live axle. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 8th 2017, 5:12 pm | |
| So I fixed the fuel leak out of the bowl today. I put a nut gasket from an identical carb onto this one but it still leaked. Went to my local hardware shop and got a fiber washer for 50p. Seems to have fixed that problem. However it is still flooding the cylinder with fuel. When I leave it for 2-3 hours, the cyl. floods enough that it takes quite a bit of cranking at full throttle to start her up. When I blow through the fuel inlet with the bowl off and push the float up it stops the air going through. The float must be sticking somehow. For the moment I'll install a fuel shut off valve to stop the flow of fuel to the carb. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 8th 2017, 8:17 pm | |
| Is it a plastic float or metal? It may need "bent" to close the needle. The float should be level to like a degree wider, but typically level. If plastic, it can be bent with heat, but you have to be very careful. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 16th 2017, 1:42 pm | |
| So I just installed a fuel tap to prevent further leaks into the cyl. I do have a spare carb of this type that I will nick the float off just to see if the tab is not closing the needle properly. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 29th 2017, 8:43 pm | |
| I still haven't had any luck with this mower yet. It'sstarted to surge again and is still letting fuel into the cylinder. I'm gonna really go through the carb carefully on Monday and replace the float. And I'll get the pics fir you Alliskid. I haven't forgot yet | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 29th 2017, 8:53 pm | |
| Isn't that a bugger. Are you sure the float doesn't have a tiny hole in it somewhere? That would prevent the needle from closing all the way and would also cause running issues. And no rush on those pics, I hope you figure the old girl out! Haha. "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 30th 2017, 8:40 am | |
| I'm going to go through absolutely everything to do with the fuel system. I also have to change the oil once i know the carb isn't going to fill the crankcase up with petrol again. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 30th 2017, 1:11 pm | |
| - AllisKidD21 wrote:
- Isn't that a bugger. Are you sure the float doesn't have a tiny hole in it somewhere? That would prevent the needle from closing all the way and would also cause running issues. And no rush on those pics, I hope you figure the old girl out! Haha.
or hopefully the needle isn't wearing out. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 April 30th 2017, 9:46 pm | |
| Oh I see, it has a Peerless 100 series axle. Cool! Thanks for snapping those pics man! "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 May 1st 2017, 5:36 pm | |
| Ah that's what it is. Thanks!
I replaced the float today and seems to have fixed the flooding issue. Cut my grass today and it works fine. Changed the oil as it was quite thin and about 1/3 gas. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 May 2nd 2017, 8:48 am | |
| Ah, glad ya got it figured out! You'll be hauling grass in no time!! Haha "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 May 12th 2017, 3:54 pm | |
| Hit another problem. This one isn't quite as severe as i thought it would be. By accident my brother put a long threaded sparkplug (the ones OHV engines use) into the engine. When it turned over, the piston smashed the electrodes of the sparkplug and made a mark on the piston. The crankshaft is slightly bent because it vibrates a bit more than it should and at just above idle there is a slight knocking noise. I assume this is not too much to worry about, but just want to make sure before i cut my grass tomorrow. | |
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| Subject: Re: Castle Garden 12.5/102 May 13th 2017, 11:06 am | |
| Nobody seems too worried Cut the grass no problem today so I'm don't think it's too much to worry about. | |
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