Saga of the rail-mower continues. The lawn tractor repair shop guy
called me up to let me know he found a WHG carb he could loan me to see
if it would at least get the rail-mower working for the Dec. 10 work
session at Kingsland. He also provided the name of a shop in Dubuque,
Iowa, that sells Wisconsin parts that might have a Walbro LMH-18. I
went over and picked up the carb and expressed my thanks. He is real
interested in the rail-mower and I promised he could take a look at it
after he gets back from a week-long hunting trip. I did check to see if
the WHG fit on the Bolens 1250 engine, but it looks as though the
mounting holes on the carb do not line up with the holes on the engine.
About
that time I decided I had better change the oil in the CBI's Tecumseh
engine before the real cold weather rolls in. The Woodings CBI motorcar
will be towing the rail-mower so it is an essential element. I started
the engine up without problem. But I smelled gas and got out of the
cab to check the engine compartment in front. I found a leak in the
hose from the fuel pump to the engine, shut down the engine and
investigated. Turns out the fuel hose had enough slack in it so it
could get into the path of the alternator belt, which cut a slot in it.
When the slot reached the fuel, the hose started leaking. I cut the
bad part of the hose off and re-mounted it. The hose now sits an inch
above and in from the alternator belt and can't reach the belt. After
solving that problem I finally changed the oil with SAE HD30.
In
the evening I continued looking for a replacement carb for the Walbro
LMH-18. I finally hit upon the L123S1. From the picture in the
website, it appears identical with the LMH-18. And the M&D mower
website identifies the L123S2 as a replacement for the LMH-18. Time is
running short so I bought the unit, hoping against hope it will work and
it will get here before Dec. 10. Those are two big ifs. If it doesn't
happen, then I will just bring my BCS 725 two-wheeled tractor with
sickle bar cutter and mow some big weeds along the ROW in various
spots. One way or another we will get some work done during that work
session.
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