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Carburetor Repair Tips

10/17/2011 by ST 1 Comment

Our #1 search term on our site is “Zenith Carburetor”, #2 is “Marvel Schebler Carburetor”. Steiner Tractor Parts sells 263 various carburetor parts including individual carburetor components like the needle and seat, or throttle shaft, to economy, basic and complete carburetor repair kits. We even sell a few complete carburetors. Finding exactly what you are looking for can be overwhelming, so here are a few tips for how to find parts for your carburetor.

     1)    When searching on our site, try searching for just your carburetor manufacturer number. This     will bring up all of the known components that we sell for your carburetor.
     2)    If you aren’t sure how to find your carburetor manufacturer number, please check out our helpful carburetor diagram. We also are now offering diagrams specific to your manufacturer.
          a.    Carter Carburetor Diagram
          b.    Farmall Carburetor Diagram
          c.    Holley Carburetor Diagram
          d.    Marvel Schebler Carburetor Diagram
          e.    Zenith Bendix Carburetor Diagram
     3)    If you have a TSX Series Carburetor, check out this repair document from Marvel Schebler.
     4)    If you are looking for a float, on the product detail page, or on the how to page, look for a float dimension diagram. You can compare our dimensions against those of your original float. Here is an example document for the ABC361 Carburetor Float. We have similar information on all of our carb floats.
     5)    If you are looking for hard to find parts for a Carter Carburetor, check out our gasket interchange documents:
          a.    Carter Gasket Alternate (UT2223S, UT2402S, UT2709S & US2418S w/ Alum Body)
          b.    Carter Gasket Alternate (UT997S)
          c.    Carter Gasket Alternate (UT2612S & UT2257S)
     6)    If you can’t find what you are looking for, and you have a carburetor manufacturer number, then send an email to our technical department and we’ll see if we can locate a kit, or interchange your carb number to one of our existing kits.

Wiring Harness Diagrams

09/19/2011 by ST 8 Comments

We sell a number of wiring harnesses and we’ve been adding some helpful diagrams to our site to assist you with installing the kits. If you’ve recently purchased a wiring harness from us, or if you are thinking about it, please check out our wiring harness diagrams now available.

Also, keep in mind when purchasing wiring harnesses, that it is important to read the full description. Sometimes, there are different kits for the same tractor based on the electrical setup (location of voltage regulator, etc). You can avoid costly mis-orders by reading the full product descriptions on our site and comparing against your serial number and electrical setup. Most harnesses are designed for the factory charging system. If your tractor was originally 6 volt and you have converted to 12 volt, the wires for the charging system will have to be modified.

ABC075 – Ford 9N, 2N Wiring Harness Instructions
ABC076 – Ford 8N Front Mounted Distributor Wiring Harness Instructions
ABC077 – Ford 8N Side Mount Distributor Wiring Harness Instructions
ABC078 – Ford NAA Wiring Harness Instructions
ABC079 – Ford 600, 700, 800, 900 Series Gas (1955-1957) Wiring Harness Instructions
ACS329 – Allis Chalmers G Wiring Harness Instructions
ACS331 – Allis Chalmers WD, WD45 Gas Wiring Harness Instructions
ACS335 – Allis Chalmers B, C, CA, IB (Serial Number 55301 and up) Wiring Harness Instructions
ACS352 – Allis Chalmers RC, WC, WF Wiring Harness Instructions
CKS112 – Case: VAC (up to sn 557000), V, VA all with cutout relay Wiring Harness Instructions
COS021 – Cockshutt: 30, 20, E2, E3 (except Farmers Union E3) all with cutout relays Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS277 – Ford 8N (with side mounted distributor and one wire alternator) Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS376 – Ford Gasoline Models only: 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 2000 (4 CYL), 4000 (4 CYL 1958-1964), 1801 Series Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS470 – Ford 9N, 2N WITH SINGLE TERMINAL GENERATOR Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS472 – Ford: 8N (up to sn 263843) with front mounted distributor Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS474 – Ford: JUBILEE, NAA, 600, 700, 800, 900 GAS SERIES (1953-57) Wiring Harness Instructions
FDS1703 – 8N with side mounted distributor (sn 263844 and up, 1950 – 1952) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS480 – Farmall H IF CONVERTED TO REGULATOR ON GENERATOR Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS481 – Farmall: A, AV, Super A (up to sn 354198), B, BN (ALL WITH CUTOUT RELAY) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS482 – Farmall C (WITH CUTOUT), Super C (WITH CUTOUT) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS483 – Farmall Super H, Super HV (sn 19234 and up), WITH BATTERY UNDER SEAT Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS484 – Farmall Super A (sn 354199 and up), B, BN (ALL WITH REGULATOR) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS485 – Farmall M IF CONVERTED TO REGULATOR ON GENERATOR Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS486 – Farmall M (with regulator on steering post, under fuel tank, sn FBK 229911 and up), Early Super M (sn F501 – F28174 and sn L500001 – L504801 Gas) WITH BATTERY BOX UNDER FUEL TANK Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS487 – Farmall FITS FOLLOWING WITH BATTERY UNDER SEAT: Super M (sn F28175 and up, AND sn L504802 and up), MTA (sn F28175 and up AND sn L504802 and up) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS488 Farmall: Super H (up to SN: 19233) with battery under tank, HV (sn 501 – 19233) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS891 – Farmall: Cub (sn 165153 – 210000) with voltage regulator, Cub LoBoy (up to sn 10000) WITH VOLTAGE REGULATOR Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS893 – Farmall: Cub (sn 501-115402) with cutout relay Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS895 – Farmall: Cub (sn 115403 – 165152) with voltage regulator Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS904 – Farmall: H, HV (ALL up to sn 350953 WITH CUTOUT ON TOP OF GENERATOR) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS906 – Farmall: H, HV (ALL sn 350954 and up WITH REGULATOR UNDER FUEL TANK) Wiring Harness Instructions
IHS908 – Farmall: M, MV (ALL up to sn 229910 WITH CUTOUT ON THE GENERATOR) Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS806 – John Deere: A (up to sn 584000) with magneto or distributor ALL w/ cut out relay Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS808 – John Deere: A (sn 584000 and up) WITH MAGNETOR OR DISTRIBUTOR Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS810 – John Deere: B (up to sn 201000) with magneto or distributor ALL w/ cut out relay Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS812 - John Deere: B (sn 201000 and up) with magneto or distributor ALL w/ voltage regulator Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS814 – John Deere: G (sn 26000 and up) with magneto or distributor ALL w/ voltage regulator Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS816 – John Deere: H with magneto or distributor ALL w/ cut out relay. Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS818 – John Deere: M, MC, MI, MT w/ cut out relay. Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS820 – John Deere: 330, 430 SERIES WITH VOLTAGE REGULATOR Wiring Harness Instructions
JDS920 – John Deere 530, 630, 730 Wiring Harness Instructions
MHS063 – Massey Harris: Pony WITH CUTOUT RELAY 1947 THRU 1951 USING AUTOLITE # GBM-4804 GENERAT
OR Wiring Harness Instructions
MHS065 – Massey Harris Rowcrops only 30, 30K Wiring Harness Instructions
MHS067 – Massey Harris Rowcrop only Early 44 SERIES (GAS / LP, up to sn 44GS16143, up to sn 44KS6607, up to sn 44GR28635, up to sn 44KR3984, up to sn 44GRA1016) Wiring Harness Instructions
MHS069 – Massey Harris Rowcrops only Late 44 (GAS / LP, sn 44GS16143 and up, sn 44KS6607 and up, sn 44GR28635 and up, sn 44KR3984 and up, sn 44GSA1001 and up, sn 44GRA1016 and up, sn 44BS1001 and up, sn 44BR1001 and up) Wiring Harness Instructions

Tractor Stories – Farmall Super A

09/09/2011 by ST Leave a Comment

When I was 5 years old, my parents moved to a farm that had a Farmall Super A tractor. When I was old enough to reach the pedals, my father taught me how to operate the tractor. I enjoyed plowing with the A-151 disc plow, cultavating the corn, cutting the hayfields, raking the hay. The other workings of the farm activities my father did himself with the Super A. He planted the corn, baled and hauled the hay in a converted horse drawn wagon.

I started looking for a Super A to own about 15 years ago. It was funny at the number of tractors I looked at that were advertised as Super A's but when I went to look at them, they were either not Super A's or were converted A's with hydraulics. About 3 years ago, a local free paper had a Super A listed in it. I had about given up finding one but my wife told me I had better look at it because if I didn't, that would be the one. I made an appointment to look at the advertised Super A and when I got there, the lady walked me behind the house to the machine shed where it was parked and my mind went "YEAH, FINALLY!!!" There was a real Super A. The lady said other attachments went with the tractor but all I was hearing was "Blah, blah, blah" as the only interest I had was in the tractor at that moment. I bought the tractor and brought it and the attachments home that evening.

The first photo I enclosed is the condition the Super A was in when I got it home that late August day. I was like a kid in a candy store. I wanted to ride it and find out all the flaws it had. My son talked with me and we decided we would fix all the problems and restore it. I found Steiner Tractor on the web and started ordering parts. My son helped with the repairs. When we had the tractor in shape, we started making plans to repaint it. The second photo shows the tractor in the mode of cleaning the 47 years of field dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc from it. As the photo shows, we removed all the sheet metal, I sand blasted, and my son painted it and the tractor. The final photo shows the finished product. I took the tractor to the Red Power Roundup in Columbia, Missouri, in June 2008.

Thanks go to my wife and daughter-in-law for letting me and my son spend all that time restoring the tractor. My hats off to my son for the excellent job he did in painting the tractor and helping me fix the mechanical issues the tractor had. I also know my Dad and Mom are looking down and smiling.