rogerrosengren
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- Tractor
- John Deere 3020
I have a stock carb and wonder if there are any decent affordable aftermarket that delivers better economy and smoother idle and easyer starting.
Have a 2030 gas Deere that ran rough and was hard to stay running at idle.
Rebuilt carb, not much improvement. New carb (cost about $500 over 5 years ago. Had to go with new as factory rebuilt no longer available) helped but did not solve entire problem. Converted standard ignition to electronic ignition with all the bells and whistles. (rebuilt distributor, new rotor, cap, plug wires, coil, and the best plugs you can buy.) That fixed all the "carb" problems. As 90% of problem was NOT carb but ignition problems. Converting to electronic ignition not only made tractor run much smoother but gave it more power. Cost...for ignition conversion was less than $200 for all parts. Did work myself. Let me know if wish to try and will give you the company name where purchase conversion kit. Plugs, wires, rotor, purchased locally at auto parts store.
Regards, Gil
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