Reworked Deere Carburetor Burns Cleaner

Reworked Deere Carburetor Burns Cleaner TRACTORS Accessories Gary Hoefling says he can clean up the black smoke and fouled spark plugs common to Deere 3010/3020 and 4010/4020 tractors with his modified Zenith carburetor He says his carburetor also makes the gas-fueled tractors more attractive to collectors Diesels in those models can t be found he says They ve all been grabbed by collectors If we can make the gas models burn cleaner and burn less fuel we can add value to them too Hoefling reworks the original Zenith cast iron carburetors After seeing his improvements Zenith agreed to make the changes and let him sell them I ve sold about 30 of them and the customers can t believe their tractors run so well says Hoefling If the spark plugs foul in two years I ll replace them Hoefling and Zenith do some additional machining of the original carburetor and add Viton fuel seals In addition to the new Zenith carburetors Hoefling is also reworking original existing carburetors for owners of the 3010/3020 4010/4020 and other tractors I also get a lot of people sending in non-Deere carburetors he says If it s made out of cast or brass and burns gas I can fix it Hoefling uses a local machine shop to make 5 or 6 replacement parts at a time If one person needs one he knows others will too The new replacement Zenith carburetor is currently priced at $795 Hoefling says the price will increase by $50 in 2011 Old carburetor repair is priced at a flat rate plus parts Depending on the work required repairs could take up to 8 weeks though Hoefling says most average four weeks Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Robert s Carburetor Repair 1601 35th Ave W P O Box 624 Spencer Iowa 51301 ph 712 262-5311; robertscarb@smunet net; www robertscarbrepair com

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