Anyone know where to get a carb kit for this engine? All the vendors have kits for all carbs 'but vector engine'. It has a square bowl and is held by a clip and not a bowl nut.

Thanks!

These carburetors are pretty simple and easy to work on. You may only need to replace a couple of O-Rings to get it going.

The bowl kit is available and runs around $20.00

http://www.jackssmallengines.com/searchresults.cfm?cx=008737122150761418589%3Ac24nn qwh7co&cof=FORID%3A11&q=730235b&sa.x=0&sa.y=0#204

Yup, saw the bowl kit. I was looking for a full kit. The mower is dying on hills and i was gonna break the whole thing down and clean/rework it. Been a dang good engine.

Thanks,
Russell

They don't really make a kit for this carburetor, the only things to replace are the bowl gasket, the drain gasket, the float needle & seat, and the 2 O-Rings one on the nozzle and the one between the main jet and bowl body. The bowl kit, it pretty much a full kit, since it will have all the replaceable parts already installed in the bowl, just clip it on and go.

30Year;
I tried to explain that bowl to someone the other day and all i got was the "deer in the headlights" look. When you tell someone the easiest fix is buy part number xxx and snap the old on off and the new one on and you're done, just doesn't sound right to a lot of people(I being one of them the first time I saw it). Have a good one. Geo

30Year;
I tried to explain that bowl to someone the other day and all i got was the "deer in the headlights" look. When you tell someone the easiest fix is buy part number xxx and snap the old on off and the new one on and you're done, just doesn't sound right to a lot of people(I being one of them the first time I saw it). Have a good one. Geo

I know what you mean...

I encounter a lot of resistance to this carburetor on many of the sites I frequent.

I would rather work on this carburetor then any of the others Tecumseh used. They are by far the simplest and easiest ones to repair. I don't think I have used the bowl kit but once, since the O-Rings generally take care of any problems and only take a few minutes to replace. I never even remove the carburetor from the engine, just snap the bowl off, blow it out and replace the O-Rings, then reinstall and I am done. There are no parts on the upper part that really need any attention.

I personally file the flat spot of the carb when I get one in, I've had problems with them sealing even with new bowl gaskets here and there, and noticed that the ones weren't very flat

light fileing took care of it though

I have had good luck just replacing the "O" rings, however, I only fix 2-3 per season. First time I saw one I said, that carb looks more like something you would see on Star Trek or something. Have a good one.
Geo

Pyro,

If they are not sealing, then you did not have the alignment pins lined up in the body. I have literally worked on hundreds of these carburetors and never have had to file a single one!

I will proceed with the bowl kit. Like I said, this has been a dang good engine on this 21" Ariens frame circa 1993. It runs circles around the Ariens 6.5 Hp briggs with the dumb blade clutch.

see ya,

Russell in B'ham