I would just like to go on record here. I DESPISE float bowl gaskets.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

LOL I've been there before. What engine are you working on?

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

An ancient Troy Bilt Tuffy with a Tecumseh 3hp and a manual choke carb.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

What's the issue?

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Can't you cut a new one out of gasket material? Or find an o-ring that fits the groove? You can always weld it on

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

... Diesel... Diesel ... DIESEL!!!

no float...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I put a new carb on it, and in my haste to start tilling failed to flush the gas tank and line. It ran for a while and quit, took it apart and the main inlet was clogged with tank smegma so cleaned it out, flushed everything and then the damned float gasket didn't want to go back on straight. I finally got it to seat and not leak, but what a PITA.
The only reasonably priced carb I could find for the thing was an Oregon replacement, I don't know if that's part of the issue or not.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

A diesel rear tine tiller would be a dream come true
I have an 8 hp Troy Bilt also but like this little Tuffy for tight spots and little plots.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Making some of the things I have over the years as afforded my toolbox to contain rubber gasket spools as small as 0.010" in diameter, and 1/32 square. I've been lucky enough to have that to make new ones as needed.

Bravo to you for getting it back together.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Several years ago I replaced the 7hp Wis/Robin on my gold dredge with a 10hp Diesel Yanmar clone. Despite being a lot heavier (105lbs dry) I can't say enough about how great that diesel engine is. It has gobs of power and pulls the 400GPM pump and 125 PSI twin piston compressor without breaking a sweat. When I see other prospectors fighting with gas engines not starting, it makes me love that diesel even more. No ignition system or plug to fail, no gummy carb from sitting all winter, just fuel it up with whatever and pull the rope. It will start within 2 pulls with a decent ambient, never more than 4 pulls at freezing.

Ended up putting the old Wisco on a front tine tiller... neighbors love to borrow it.

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90 300TE 4-M
Turbo 103, T3/T04E 50 trim
T04B cover .60 AR
Stage 3 turbine .63 AR
A2W I/C, 40 LB/HR
MS2E, 60-2 Direct Coil Control
3" Exh, AEM W/B O2
Underdrive Alt. and P/S Pulleys,
Vented Rear Discs, .034 Booster.
3.07 diffs 1st Gear Start

90 300CE 104.980
Milled & ported head, 10.3:1 compression
197° intake cam w/20° advancer
Tuned CIS ECU
4° ignition advance
PCS TCM2000, built 722.6
600W networked suction fan
Sportline sway bars
V8 rear subframe, Quaife ATB 3.06 diff

Ha! A front tine tiller, no matter the engine, is nothing but punishment.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I despise gas powered lawn equipment,
hmm... I also despise all the other kind of lawn equipment too

Yeah, I'm not too crazy about the LAWNS either. If I can't eat it, milk it, sell it or trade it I'm not real interested in spending a lot of time and money growing it.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

i need to borrow one of your goats for the back yard.

Goats will eat all of your landscape plants, girdle the bark off your trees and concentrate on anything head height or above first. When everything else is toast, they'll deign to look down on your lawn. They're browsers, like deer, not grazers like their benighted cousins the sheep and cattle. It would cost you a grand's worth of RoundUp to equal what a half dozen goats can do to an acre in a matter of weeks.

Now, how many do you want?

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting