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zeinith vs. marvel carbs

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    Posted: 18 Feb 2024 at 11:35am
what are the big differaces the goods the bads ?   maybe just a puller question ?
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Just my opinion and experience. To me the Zenith is more persnickety about getting them fine tuned and set and when you do keep the screwdriver away from them. I like the Marvel Schebler carburetor because to me they are easier to set and I like the cast steel bodies. Again,just my preference.
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Both are good Carburetors. They both mess up though with dirt and debris. To me being I rebuild both quite often for customers. I sorta' like the M/S Carbs a little better mainly because of the larger float bowl area in the small bore and the large bore. Sparky made a good point about the Zeniths being a little finicky when it comes to fine tuning them. Whenever you rebuild either Carburetor, one thing you have to concentrate on is the inlet cavity. A lot of rust, dirt and debris gets lodged in those cavities and over the years the rust starts to break off out of the threads where the elbow screws in and man does that play havoc with the Viton needles. The Viton needles are great for sealing good, but it you get minute pieces of rust dislodging in that inlet cavity, it sticks to that Viton needle like glue! Next thing you know fuel is runnin' out everywhere.  Both Carbs have their little "quirks" but as long as you can get em' super clean inside, make sure the floats aren't swiping against the inside float bowl walls, both Carbs perform quite well.

When it comes to pulling Tractors, personally, I think you can do a lot of improvements on the Marvels as far as smoothing out the intake bore and small changes with the venturi and increase air speed on both the small and large bore units. The small bore Zeniths I think are a little more restrictive to what you can do, but the large bore Zeniths seem to perform quite well with some mods. Like anything else, it's preference. JMHO.
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I was once told that the M/S carbs were a little more prone to icing up than the Zeniths. But I have no first-hand experience with that, just what I was once told.
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This is just my 50+ years of pulling, however for power, I'd pick a proper sized M/S, for fuel efficiency I'd go with a proper sized Zenith.   If you put the wrong size of either you'll never get good all round power or efficiency whichever you're wanting
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Originally posted by DanielW DanielW wrote:

I was once told that the M/S carbs were a little more prone to icing up than the Zeniths. But I have no first-hand experience with that, just what I was once told.
Interesting observation Daniel. My carb on WD45 is M/S. It does get totally white on many occasions when temp is just around the freeze point. But I have no experience with zenith so I don't know. Had the tractor out today but did not pay attention to the carb. Will do so next time out. 
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Originally posted by Ed (Ont) Ed (Ont) wrote:

...My carb on WD45 is M/S. It does get totally white on many occasions when temp is just around the freeze point. But I have no experience with zenith so I don't know. Had the tractor out today but did not pay attention to the carb. Will do so next time out. 

The old chap who told it to me was the kind of guy who'd speak about his own wacky theories as if they were fact. But I got thinking about it the other day when someone on another forum posted about carb icing issues on their Oliver 1655. The 1650's, 1655's, and 2-70's all had bad carb icing problems - so much so that Oliver developed a service bulletin with a re-worked intake for that could be changed to draw hot air from around the exhaust. Even today, lots of folks post about the carb icing problem on those tractors. Those Ollies/Whites used 265 cu in., 6 cylinder engines and were about 65 HP. The Allis 180 also had a 265 cu. in. 6 cylinder engine producing the same HP, and I've never heard of any carb icing problems on them, nor have I ever had any issues with my 180 gas (nor the 190, with the same engine). The only difference I can think of from a carb-icing standpoint is the M/S vs. Zenith carbs.

Maybe the zinc bowls of the Zenith's made a difference, compared to the cast iron bowls of the M/S? Zinc is over twice as thermally conductive as steel/cast, so maybe it helped absorb some heat from the engine/surroundings better.


Edited by DanielW - 19 Feb 2024 at 7:08am
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