If any of you haven't worked on a 3 cyl Ford tractor engine, let me just put out there that of any I've worked on, they are the biggest pain to work on the carb or ignition. Everything is wrapped around everything else with no room to maneuver without removing a bunch of stuff that doesn't even really help much.
I for one aren't big on draining the carbs dry anymore. Seems like the newer gas will absolutely dry out every gasket, seal, o ring inside that carb now after it's drained out. Not such a big deal on a tractor, but it's a pain on my motorcycles that have 2, or 4 carbs that are a pain to remove when they have problems. And with all the rubber parts in them, they'll shrink right up after the gas is drained out, at least in my experience. For that reason, on all of my bikes being put up for winter, I drain the tanks, drain the carb bowls, put the tank valve on reserve, and pour about half a quart of diesel in the gas tank. Just enough that it will fill the carb bowls. One thing about motorcycle carbs, they are designed to be drained easy. In the spring, I open all the carb drains, let the diesel out into a pan, fill it with gas until it runs out the drains, then close em up. Good to go, never had a problem doing it. Just always got tired of having to fish the carbs out every year because they o-rings dried up without liquid against them, or the carb gummed up from leaving the gas in it. The carb bowl o-rings I had to buy for a bike I just bought that had been setting were a steal at $15 on ebay for for the 2 o-rings, normally $22 each. I'm sure seafoam would probably work, never had any luck with stabil, but I just use the diesel, it works for me.
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