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Etesia av51 new carb or engine swap?

Posted by Jake cotton on July 13, 2023 at 1:07pm in Machinery

Hi there, I've recently purchased an old 2001 av51 (kawa fc180v) with a chinese fj180v carb on it, so it doesn't run properly at all.

My options are either a new carb for nearly £200 but which version do I need? 15003-2618 or 15003-2782?

Or I've just found locally a John Deere jx75 2010 with an fj180v engine for £250. Would this engine be a simple swap or a headache?

Cheers

Jake

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  • Graham Taylor July 14, 2023 at 11:01pm

    are you sure the carb is the problem? There's not much to go wrong with them so I'm sure you'll have given it a good clean. There's pictures of bothcarbs here which might help identify which one is yours   https://www.kramp.com/shop-gb/en/vp/carburettor-kawasaki--ticItemGr...

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  • Jake cotton July 15, 2023 at 7:39am

     I'm certain the carb is for an fj engine, the choke won't come off and it was installed without gaskets, also had an air gap between the air intake and carb, making the air filter useless 😔 I've gone and bought the John Deere to try an engine swap this weekend as I couldn't face spending so much on a carb for a 22 year old engine. Will post results incase it's of help to anyone.

    • Jake cotton > Jake cotton July 15, 2023 at 1:43pm

      Update - the crankshaft is a smaller diameter, I'm buggered.

      • Graham Taylor > Jake cotton July 15, 2023 at 4:32pm

        all might not be lost!!  If the crankshaft is a smaller diameter on your replacement, you can usually buy sleeves to bring it up to what you.  want   I've used one of a Briggs engine to increase the shaft size from 7/82 to 1"    If you,re replacement is too big, then you've a problem as oyu say.   Good luck!!

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    Derek Tucker July 29, 2023 at 8:19pm

    It would be quicker just to swap carb from the donor engine surely

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