Ford 2000 dies under load

Ford2000guy

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I have a 1970 ford 2000. I tried to plow a
small garden yesterday and about halfway
through the first pass, the tractor acted
like it wanted to die so I revved up the
throttle. That seemed to help for the rest
of that row. When I got a quarter way
through the next row, it died completely. I
had to wait about 5 minutes for it to want
to start back up then I had to keep wiggling
the throttle back and forth and pulling the
choke in and out to get it back in the pole
barn. It bucked the whole way. Also before I
tried to plow, when I would go up any
incline, the tractor would lose power and I
would have to rev the throttle up but it
never died. I have only had this tractor for
a month or so, and am slowly working through
all the issues. This community has been a
great help so far. I would greatly
appreciate any advice.
 

Well, many guys will tell you that you need to check for spark immediately after it quits, but it sure sounds to me like it is not getting gas. Just a trickle and not enough to run for very long or to pull a load. Check for a plugged strainer inside the tank and at the carburetor inlet. You may find that your tank has a lot of crud floating around in it. I have had good luck cleaning tanks by steering a siphon around the bottom, and putting the fuel into gallon milk jugs. Once you think that you have it cleared out try running gas into a jug from the drain at the bottom of the carb it needs to run strong for twenty seconds.
 

Dumb question but the fuel will flow through the pump with out the tractor running, correct? I started a post about my 3400 doing the same thing after new fuel pump but it's been looked over it seems
 
(quoted from post at 14:55:53 04/10/17)
Dumb question but the fuel will flow through the pump with out the tractor running, correct? I started a post about my 3400 doing the same thing after new fuel pump but it's been looked over it seems

I don't know for sure but I don't believe that it will. The fuel pumps that I have rebuilt have little check valves that need a little pressure to overcome the light weight springs.
 

I though the same thing. In the book to change the sediment jar and what not. It has you shur the fuel off to remove the jar. Then loosely put the jar on and turn the fuel on to fill the jar.

Will it hurt the starter to crank for 20 seconds?
 
30 seconds at a time with a cool down period in between is fine for the starter. How many times do you think that tractor was run out of gas by previous owners over the past 47 years?

The fuel line goes from the tank up to the fuel pump at the front of the engine and then back to the sediment bowl and carb, so you'll only lose the fuel in the line from the pump to the sediment bowl when you pull the bowl and it should only take 3 or 4 seconds of cranking the starter to get fuel back to the sediment bowl and carb. Heck, if the float bowl is full in the carb it may start on the first crank and then it should fill the sediment bowl and get more fuel to the carb before the float bowl empties.
 

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