Hello!
I have a Case 400b that ran like a champ up until a week ago. I plowed a 2 acre field and parked in when I was finished. I always let it idle for a few minutes before I shut it down and there weren’t any signs of trouble. Came back 2 days later, started it, drove about 20 yards, and then it quit. Crank it over, it will start, run for 2-15 seconds, and then quit. Can’t even get it to run on ether. It acts as if it is starved for gas and sometimes dies like you hit the kill switch. Open drain plug on carb and gas flow is good. Spark was ok but weaker than I would like, however it shouldn’t have caused this issue. Compression was 117,125,127,130psi.
I have since then rebuilt the carb (Was squeaky clean before rebuild), new plugs, new coil, new points and condensers, and cleaned the distributor cap.
Still no luck. Will start after cranking a few seconds, run for 2-15 seconds, and then die. Once I did get it to run for about 5 minutes then it died.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? My next step is to redo the wiring hoping to find a hidden short somewhere.
Any help is always appreciated.
Thanks!
Chuck
I have a Case 400b that ran like a champ up until a week ago. I plowed a 2 acre field and parked in when I was finished. I always let it idle for a few minutes before I shut it down and there weren’t any signs of trouble. Came back 2 days later, started it, drove about 20 yards, and then it quit. Crank it over, it will start, run for 2-15 seconds, and then quit. Can’t even get it to run on ether. It acts as if it is starved for gas and sometimes dies like you hit the kill switch. Open drain plug on carb and gas flow is good. Spark was ok but weaker than I would like, however it shouldn’t have caused this issue. Compression was 117,125,127,130psi.
I have since then rebuilt the carb (Was squeaky clean before rebuild), new plugs, new coil, new points and condensers, and cleaned the distributor cap.
Still no luck. Will start after cranking a few seconds, run for 2-15 seconds, and then die. Once I did get it to run for about 5 minutes then it died.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? My next step is to redo the wiring hoping to find a hidden short somewhere.
Any help is always appreciated.
Thanks!
Chuck