Ok -here is what I am working with. I have a 1946 John Deere "B" with electric start and a distributor. I have actually had this tractor running four time now. First time it popped off and was running when I realized I did not have anything in the radiator -so I shut it down. Tried to restart after putting in anti freeze and water in the radiator and the old girl just did not want to start up. I put a battery charger on the battery and left it overnight.
Then on the next try it popped and ran for about 10 minutes until it ran out of gas! It sounded really good and sound -no extra thumps, squeals, scrapes or extra noises. I decided to pull the carburetor and clean it out. Achieved that and then after putting things back together -the "b" decided to run the battery down just cranking on it. So -another night on the battery charger. Next day I decided to remove the air intake pipe and let it breath while cranking. It did fire up but only briefly. Next step was to put in a new set of spark plugs -Autolite 386 -just like what it originally had when i got this tractor. After I decided to pull the plugs and put new ones in -it still seemed like it wanted to flood itself out. So---off came the air breather and a whole lot of water and sludge came pouring out.
Another day had passed and I did manage to get it running again -without the air breather hooked up and it was sounding really good---Then it quit because I forgot to turn the gas on!!!! I am now letting it sit overnight -again - with the charger hooked up.
So - tomorrow I an going to put in a new set of points -remove all the wiring connections and clean up all contacts to make sure there is a complete good connection.
I will take off the battery ground as well and make sure that is good -tight -and clean also! I am going to do a compression check as well. It seems to have compression but I need to know for sure!.
ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?????
Then on the next try it popped and ran for about 10 minutes until it ran out of gas! It sounded really good and sound -no extra thumps, squeals, scrapes or extra noises. I decided to pull the carburetor and clean it out. Achieved that and then after putting things back together -the "b" decided to run the battery down just cranking on it. So -another night on the battery charger. Next day I decided to remove the air intake pipe and let it breath while cranking. It did fire up but only briefly. Next step was to put in a new set of spark plugs -Autolite 386 -just like what it originally had when i got this tractor. After I decided to pull the plugs and put new ones in -it still seemed like it wanted to flood itself out. So---off came the air breather and a whole lot of water and sludge came pouring out.
Another day had passed and I did manage to get it running again -without the air breather hooked up and it was sounding really good---Then it quit because I forgot to turn the gas on!!!! I am now letting it sit overnight -again - with the charger hooked up.
So - tomorrow I an going to put in a new set of points -remove all the wiring connections and clean up all contacts to make sure there is a complete good connection.
I will take off the battery ground as well and make sure that is good -tight -and clean also! I am going to do a compression check as well. It seems to have compression but I need to know for sure!.
ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?????