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townsend2 12-18-2012 14:38:03 67.158.173.10 Report to Moderator	tractor shuts off when working and will not restart untill it sits for awhile any ideas on why thought vaper lock ran with cap loose and it still does it [Reply]   [No Email]
soundguy 12-18-2012 15:05:40 184.233.250.41 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to townsend2, 12-18-2012 14:38:03   the best way to figure out what's wrong is to actually DIAGNOSE it. 1, it helps us to know 2 cyl or 4. the 4 have a very basic fuel system.. the 3 are much mroe complicated with a pump, different routing and a cantankerous carb. past that. at moment of death and during restart attempts when it won't start. does it have spark? good spark? if yes.. move on to fuel.. specifically fuel flow.. they won't run with an empty carb. if it don't have spark.. hotwire coil.. if nada still.. check points, feel coil.. .. use ohm meter on connections with power unhooked to look for shorts, and if points open and close. check continuity on secondary and primary of coil.. check dizzy feed thur insulator.. make sure condensor is not shorting ( rare ) but happens. post back [Reply]  [No Email]
townsend2 12-19-2012 08:11:14 67.158.173.10 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to soundguy, 12-18-2012 15:05:40   it is 3 cylinder and it had no spark put new coil on still did not start tractor sat for about an hour turned the key and it started [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 12-19-2012 09:18:22 184.233.199.88 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to townsend2, 12-19-2012 08:11:14   ok.. 3 cyl. had no spark. you changed coil. then you say no start.. but you don't say if it had spark and did not start.. or did not have spark. if it had spark but no start.. look at fuel. if it did not have spark, and setting helps, then look at ignition switch. which is why i said to hotwire coil... it bypasses ignition switch. go back and do the checks again, as I mentioned in my first post. you have to be systamatic in troubleshooting. you can't take a list of 6 things, pick the 2 out you like, and forget the rest. all or nada... [Reply]  [No Email]
Larry NCKS 12-18-2012 17:08:26 70.195.2.9 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to soundguy, 12-18-2012 15:05:40   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see didn't ford made a 2 cyl 4000. :wink: [Reply]  [No Email]
JMOR 12-19-2012 05:57:51 72.181.173.171 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to Larry NCKS, 12-18-2012 17:08:26   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeI think they painted those 'green'. :arrow: [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 12-18-2012 17:45:48 184.233.250.41 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to Larry NCKS, 12-18-2012 17:08:26   i hope / think everybody knows by now that I don't have a computer and instead get connectivity from small mobile devices that don't have real keyboards. typo's are gonna happen. [Reply]  [No Email]
Larry NCKS 12-19-2012 05:46:28 70.195.0.113 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to soundguy, 12-18-2012 17:45:48   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see I did not know that. How would I or everybody know that? And yes . . . I knew it was a typo . . . but still think it's funny! [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 12-19-2012 06:06:20 173.103.201.57 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to Larry NCKS, 12-19-2012 05:46:28   I've mentioned it many, many, many times over the last couple years. My 'largest' machine is a netbook.. not even a large netbook.. it's one of the subcompact 'thin' ones about the size of a paperback book. Otherwise i'm on an iphone or similar other tablet or handheld device. None with real keyboards or mouse.. just the funny touch sensitive stuff. Even at 'work' our devices are ipads or that netbook i carry. [Reply]  [No Email]
Fordfarmer 12-18-2012 14:44:08 184.158.71.223 Report to Moderator	Re: ford 4000 gas in reply to townsend2, 12-18-2012 14:38:03   3 or 4 cylinder 4000? My first thought would be the ignition switch, if it's a 4-cylinder. Could also be a coil going bad, on either model. [Reply]  [No Email]