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Old 03-19-2020, 02:28 PM   #18
Joe K
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Default Re: float valve

The tractor now has a viton tip valve. Unfortunately the alcohol in the gas seems to cause the valve to "hang up" certainly for first start in the spring - and rarely thereafter if I miss mowing for a couple of weeks or more.

A sharp rap with a wrench on the carb body usually frees the float.

Were it not for this idiosyncrasy I would definitely prefer the viton type valve. As it is - it works for me.

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