Got a call from my dad yesterday. he was brush hogging with our 860. said after about an hour, machine developed a miss. seemed to only happen with a load on the motor- either cutter running or coming up a steep hill.
When we cut with the machine a few months ago it developed a slight miss after cutting a bit, and after that we did a tune up due to not knowing how old everything was. Tune up was done with all good parts, no tisco junk.
tune up:
new autolite plugs
points
cap
rotor.
All done roughly 1 1/2 months ago and ran fine with no load till now. we hadn't cut with it since, but drove it around and its ran just fine.
When he called me, he had no tools. he pulled the gas cap to check vent, no change. when he got back to his house he gapped a plug wide (he said maybe 3/16) and said he had good spark with that.
I'm thinking possible fuel delivery problem? First idea is to pull plug outta carb bottom and check flow.
any other ideas?
When we cut with the machine a few months ago it developed a slight miss after cutting a bit, and after that we did a tune up due to not knowing how old everything was. Tune up was done with all good parts, no tisco junk.
tune up:
new autolite plugs
points
cap
rotor.
All done roughly 1 1/2 months ago and ran fine with no load till now. we hadn't cut with it since, but drove it around and its ran just fine.
When he called me, he had no tools. he pulled the gas cap to check vent, no change. when he got back to his house he gapped a plug wide (he said maybe 3/16) and said he had good spark with that.
I'm thinking possible fuel delivery problem? First idea is to pull plug outta carb bottom and check flow.
any other ideas?