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Beginner Question - Correctly Identifying the Carburetor 512
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MTUser2021
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MTUser2021
I am trying to learn lawnmower/small engine repair. Our old Murray 21" 5hp self propelled mower with a Tecumseh Mark V engine started running high all the time. I did some research on youtube and removed the carburetor. The rubber priming button has completely decomposed.
I was planning on trying to rebuild it, but it looks like replacement carburetors are not that expensive, about $15. In my mind the first step is to identify it correctly to replace it. I am attaching a picture. It looks to me that this is 512, which from a reference that I found here is a 631793. But, when I search for that model on Amazon or eBay, every carburetor does hot have the angle fuel line, they are all straight out.
Have I done the right analysis? Is this a 631793? Can take off the straight connector from the old carburetor and replace it with the angle one? Anything else to help a beginner be successful with his first repair? I can provide more detail or more pictures if that would be helpful.
I was planning on trying to rebuild it, but it looks like replacement carburetors are not that expensive, about $15. In my mind the first step is to identify it correctly to replace it. I am attaching a picture. It looks to me that this is 512, which from a reference that I found here is a 631793. But, when I search for that model on Amazon or eBay, every carburetor does hot have the angle fuel line, they are all straight out.
Have I done the right analysis? Is this a 631793? Can take off the straight connector from the old carburetor and replace it with the angle one? Anything else to help a beginner be successful with his first repair? I can provide more detail or more pictures if that would be helpful.
#3
StarTech
StarTech
I would need the number stamp into carburetor and not the casting number.
Tecumseh carburetors will have a manufacturing number stamped on the mounting flange or the body followed by a date code. The mfg. no. on recent models is four digits (early can 2-3 numbers) and is followed by three characters for year, month and day of manufacture.
Tecumseh carburetors will have a manufacturing number stamped on the mounting flange or the body followed by a date code. The mfg. no. on recent models is four digits (early can 2-3 numbers) and is followed by three characters for year, month and day of manufacture.