My smta still chokes out and smokes brown
puffs till it dies when put under load. It
Has lost half it's power. It can't take off
in 3rd gear anymore. I tried cutting hay but
after 5 hours in 1st gr. Burning 12 gal of
gas and a gallon of antifreeze. I'm thinking
about tearing the engine down. Does anyone
have any ideas to try before I tear it
down.. been dealing with this for 6 mo and
in that Time I rebuilt the disturbtor, all
new ignition. Fouled out a couple sets of
c87 right now it seams to be doing better on
the champ d16's. I put a new kit in the carb
and even had a shop sonic clean and test it
the 2nd time pulled the carb off. I took the
plate off the govener, but didn't see
anything that looked out of place while it
was running. I have checked the valve
clearance twice. I also looked at the push
rods and rockers but didn't look like any
thing was wrong/bent. Im 98% sure the head
is cracked but I wouldn't think that would
be a cause of my problems? Maybe someone
else has an idea or 5 things that I can
check for before I diss assemble the motor/
head.
puffs till it dies when put under load. It
Has lost half it's power. It can't take off
in 3rd gear anymore. I tried cutting hay but
after 5 hours in 1st gr. Burning 12 gal of
gas and a gallon of antifreeze. I'm thinking
about tearing the engine down. Does anyone
have any ideas to try before I tear it
down.. been dealing with this for 6 mo and
in that Time I rebuilt the disturbtor, all
new ignition. Fouled out a couple sets of
c87 right now it seams to be doing better on
the champ d16's. I put a new kit in the carb
and even had a shop sonic clean and test it
the 2nd time pulled the carb off. I took the
plate off the govener, but didn't see
anything that looked out of place while it
was running. I have checked the valve
clearance twice. I also looked at the push
rods and rockers but didn't look like any
thing was wrong/bent. Im 98% sure the head
is cracked but I wouldn't think that would
be a cause of my problems? Maybe someone
else has an idea or 5 things that I can
check for before I diss assemble the motor/
head.