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Denis,
Sorry to hear of your carburetor troubles. May I assume
your existing one has been declared dead? You may want to get a second
opinion. Mine was declared dead and I've been using it, rebuilt, for two
years now. Mine was a so-called structural defect in one of the mounting
tabs, so our circumstances are probably different.
BUY THE ONE ON E-BAY
!!!! It took me months to find a correct
spare. Around one hundred phone calls and e-mails combined. Don't
let this one get away. The unique thing about this model is the smaller
than usual "throat" which is only something like 4 1/4 inches in diameter -
don't quote me - as opposed to the more standard five. There is a
so-called replacement available but it is designed to fit a number of
applications and its throat size is the standard five inches. You will
need an adapter, a kind of funnel, to make it work with the air
cleaner.
Even if the one available needs to be rebuilt, which it
probably will, it will give you more options. It may allow your shop to
combine the two to make one functioning carb. I confess I have no idea
what it that goes wrong with a carb for it to be declared beyond saving.
Probably an overall deterioration of the many small apertures involved in it
doing what it does.
Doug from Florida says he has acquired a replacement
carburetor that does have the same throat dimensions. It is somewhat
larger in its other dimensions, which may or may not be a problem.
Hopefully, he will contribute some more concrete answers, particularly part
number and availability.
Good luck,
Hugh
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