jubileeguy
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Well here it is. After a successful conversion from a 6 volt to a twelve volt system. She started up and ran like a charm. Foot note Tractor was sitting for a year prior.I had experienced a clutch problem so after getting some tips on this forum I decided to take her out for some exercise.My property is hilly.So I started out fairly level for about 500 feet then descended a small hill to another level stretch. When I increased the throttle at that point she wanted to back fire a li and did not run very smoothly as I added more throttle so I backed off to a lower throttle and she chugged along fine. after another one eighth mile I started to climb a gradual slope which became a little steeper right at the final 50 feet. As i started to climb the engine started to loose power and I could not increase the throttle. by the time I came to the final climb she limped and lost all power to go forward and stalled out. I could not get her to start again so I let her roll back down hill to a level area.I removed the glass bowl and found particles in it so I turned the gas on and the flow was very erratic so I blew back up into the gas tank using a small tube and the gas flow became steady. The screen was intact that covered the gas line exiting the bowl to the carb. I removed the line at the carb and made sure I was getting good flow at the carb,which I was at that point. I removed the larger drain plug from the carb and drained it out.Then re attached the gas line.After some double checking to make sure I had good spark,which I did,I attempted to start her up. I could not get her to start. After more back and forth checking gas flow etc. she eventually started but would not run smoothly or stay running for very long.I could not apply any throttle she would immediately die out. Second question in the process of trying to start the tractor I noticed I could engage the starter whether the key was turned on or off. I only had spark however when the key was in the on position. What did I do wrong in rewiring the system or is that the ignition switch itself. Thanks in advance for any and all comments and or assistance.