JOHN DEERE 50 CARBURETOR

Lawn Mower Boy. “When you're pulling a change unit off, there are over 50 bolts and you got to remember how you took it off. Putting a changing unit on a vertical Asks Phillips to his right hand, “You want to clean this little John Deere carb?” “Yeah,” says the ...

Toiling and Tilling the Soil With Oil. Kuhlengel's collection includes the first tractor driven by his father — Keith's grandfather's 1936 John Deere BR — and the last tractor owned by his maternal grandfather, a 1951 Ford 8N. The largest number of pieces, According to Kuhlengel ...

Jim Hightower: John Deere's "No Repair" Clauses Leave Farmers in the Lurch. They pulled a frugal living from their 50 acres, raising a little bit of everything. Doing a lot with a little to make ends meet, Ernest and Eula operated on principle of frugality expressed in an old country rhyme: Use it up/ Wear it out/ Make it do ...

Tractor Tales: John Deere 530. Even though this tractor looks like it's never seen a day of hard work, Melvin makes sure it gets the job done. “I bought it from a private individual in 2007, and I've completely went through it,” said Melvin. Professionals built a new radiator and ...

Pulling their weight. JOED VIERA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA Model A John Deere pulls the 45-ton sled down the track during the tractor pull. . JOED VIERA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA John Deere's Donald Halstead has been announcing tractor sports for 50 years. The ...

Troy-Bilt XP With Fuel Injection a First for Home Mowers. Engines with electronic fuel injection rather than a carburetor have a few solid advantages, starting with better efficiency and easier maintenance. But because of this technology's prohibitive cost, we hadn't seen electronic fuel injection in ...

Fueling fun: Engine Show sparked by love of old machines. Anyone who ever wanted to get behind a John Deere will have their chance to drive one at the Buckley Tractor Driving School. The show's flea market features more than 400 vendors offering antiques, tools and crafts, toys, clothes and food. More than 30 ...

Youths Document Tractor Restoration for Farm Show. Students from 10 FFA chapters have been busy painting, welding, and fixing headlights and carburetors as part of the Farm Show's FFA video contest. The students will display their tractors and show videos of Taylor Bishop worked with his ...

Unleaded regular in your lawn mower could be doing harm. “They crack, they dry out, they start leaking, and the seals inside the carburetors–there are O-rings in the nozzles–they harden up and then you've got to change them.” Ethanol is a corn-based additive to extend the supply of gasoline, but it burns ...

Mike Lunsford: Pride cometh before the fall. In short, I tried everything I could have: gas that has no alcohol; seven different brands of two-cycle oil, all properly mixed; a carburetor cleaned often enough that it could sit on a surgical tray; new filters; new plugs; a thoroughly-scrubbed ...