nepa
Silver Member
- Joined
- May 31, 2013
- Messages
- 125
- Location
- Forest City, PA
- Tractor
- Mitsubishi 180D, Jinma 284 sold, Kubota BX2660, IH Cub, Case 580CK, Minneapolis Moline 4 Star (sold), TYM 574, Furukawa FX-040
Last winter, the 8hp Techumseh engine on my snow blower was galloping as it was running without load which I am told is caused by running too lean and the carb needs cleaning. Looking at my choices in dealing with this, I could spend or waste a lot of time removing, disassembling and cleaning the old carb only to wind up just replacing it OR (which I opted for) buy a brand new carb on ebay for $8.25, no shipping or tax, and be done quick and clean in under an hour. The carb is on its way and I probably won't get around to putting it in for a couple more weeks but I would still like to hear from people who took one route or the other with their advice, troubles, or success. Thankfully, here in PA we can buy non-alcohol gas that I am going to stick to from now on and maybe add an ounce per gallon of carb cleaner/maintainer to avoid any future problems.