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mkirsch 08-13-2012 12:07:45 64.80.110.75 Report to Moderator	The carburetor has never been right. Always starts hard and blows a cloud of black smoke. When I pulled the air cleaner hose, it was clear that the gas is running over into the air cleaner. Found a heavily damaged float. Replaced it with new. Put a basic carb kit in it, new needle and seat, blew out all the passages. Set the float to 1-5/32" per the only information I could find on Zenith carburetors. The gas is still running out into the air cleaner. It has the later style Zenith carb. The model number is "none of the above" in any of the references I can find. What is the correct float height? [Reply]   [No Email]
mkirsch 08-14-2012 06:46:02 64.80.110.75 Report to Moderator	Re: Float height Super A Zenith carb in reply to mkirsch, 08-13-2012 12:07:45   Well, I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Screw the seat into the carb body. Stick the needle in the seat. Put the float on top of the needle. Stick the pivot pin through the float. Needle opens and closes with the movement of the float. I guess the next step is to pull the bottom half of the carb off while it's still on the tractor, and see if the needle is actually stopping the flow of gasoline. What's weird is that it doesn't overflow continuously. It gets to a certain point and seems to stop there.   [Reply]  [No Email]
rustyfarmall 08-14-2012 06:51:31 67.55.162.174 Report to Moderator	Re: Float height Super A Zenith carb in reply to mkirsch, 08-14-2012 06:46:02   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Did you test that new float before installing? It's another thing you should NOT need to do, but that's just how it is in today's world.   [Reply]  [No Email]
gene bender 08-14-2012 03:06:21 67.55.226.123 Report to Moderator	Re: Float height Super A Zenith carb in reply to mkirsch, 08-13-2012 12:07:45   You did something wrong as the needle and seat arent working that is the correct height.   [Reply]  [No Email]
rustyfarmall 08-13-2012 13:34:21 67.55.162.174 Report to Moderator	Re: Float height Super A Zenith carb in reply to mkirsch, 08-13-2012 12:07:45   Did you thoroughly clean the NEW needle valve and seat before you installed it? I know it should NOT be necessary, but it IS.   [Reply]  [No Email]