Delawaresurfman
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I've been starting the tractor up every week or so in this cold weather just to keep the battery up. Well today I had it running for about 10
minutes and it shut off, hmm that's odd never happened before and I know it had gas. With a little investigating the fuel shut off valve had
vibrated closed. Opened it up and restarted it. Watched it a minute or so and sure enough with the tractor at idle the valve was closing by itself.
Question: can I turn what I would call the packing nut slightly to tighten up the stem so that it does not vibrate open or closed? It looks to be the
original, as the rest of the tractor is. I am running the valve 2 turns open. I dont want to fully open it. Any other suggestions? Thanks, John.
minutes and it shut off, hmm that's odd never happened before and I know it had gas. With a little investigating the fuel shut off valve had
vibrated closed. Opened it up and restarted it. Watched it a minute or so and sure enough with the tractor at idle the valve was closing by itself.
Question: can I turn what I would call the packing nut slightly to tighten up the stem so that it does not vibrate open or closed? It looks to be the
original, as the rest of the tractor is. I am running the valve 2 turns open. I dont want to fully open it. Any other suggestions? Thanks, John.