Started on the 1211
 

I started work on the 1211 today, since it was in the shop and would not start. Found the problem. The carb is nasty. So I thought I would just get one of the aftermarket ones of ebay. Now for the question. Which one. Has anybody for one that will work on a 1211? Mine is before serial number 1724400013 and the part number from Cub is 47-053-62. Just thought I would ask since it has been a slow day here. Thanks all.

not sure which carb you need, but those are nice running machines.
I pulled a 1210 out of a shed recently that had been sitting 15 years, cleaned out the gas tank, put a battery in it, and mowed some grass! too bad the engine knocks some when running at more than an idle.

I found a crossover sheet and it appears I need a 47-853-86.

They are nice. When I bought this one, it would only run with the choke all the way out, so I knew it needed some carb work.

Why wouldn't you just fix the carb you have?

Why is everyone so set on buying cheap China carbs?? :bash2:

I knew you were going to say that. :biggrin2: My answer is time. I can still fix it, I am not going to throw it away.

Time. Oh. You don't have 30 min? But you have "time" to wait on them to ship you one. That totally makes sense. :bash2:

Takes you 30 minutes, takes folks that do not do this everyday, longer than 30 minutes. So when there so much rust in the hole that the main jet plug will not come out, you can get that out in 30 minutes?

Yes, I can get the rust out in 30 min.

You can't get it out in 3 days?

so you are going to work on it for 3 days. I am not, my time is worth more than that. Never mind you are right and I am wrong as always. I am done with this. Close the tread, delete it, I do not care.

I made this one new again in a few hours....

My time is worth $70/hr. What's your's worth that you can't find time to rebuild a carb? It takes all of 30 min to disassemble one if you grind the back of the crushed screws off so you can get the butterfly's off the shaft.

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Mine is not that bad, but I do not have the experience with carbs you and know the tricks and in and outs and such.

You can do what you want, really there's no tricks to it. They're very simple
To work on. Soak it in carb cleaner, take it apart and blow it out being sure all passages
Are open and rebuild it.

I bought a replacement carb on Amazon for my K-241 in my 100. My old carb was just wore out and I could not see buying a kit, new float, and a throttle shaft and bushing kit. The replacement cost less money and when I installed it I it started right up and idled well. After a warm up I set the mixture screws, idle speed and the WOT adjustment. It has ben running excellent and the engine has never started this easy or ran this smooth. I can recommend this one if your carb is beyond repairing or if you just want a new replacement. I my self will always try to rebuild the original carb if it is feasible but when a replacement is cheaper I will replace it. I agree with others that these are simple carbs but sometimes it makes more sense to buy a replacement. Good luck on what ever way you decide to go. Here is a link to the carb I bought.

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Jmech I'm sure there are people on here who want your opinion, but its just that, an opinion. theres more than one way to fix something. stop acting like yours is the only way. you have chased away so many people lately its not funny. You seriously need to tune your approach better.
We probably can get along in peron, but i'll still tell you to your face you're being a jerk.