FlatLand9n
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So I just picked up a 9N recently... came with the land I purchased actually. Not sure what year but its a front mount distributor, 6 volt system. Never owned a tractor before but decent mechanical knowledge.. work on all my own vehicles for the most part. Figure tractors gotta be easy... :wink:
Brief history...
To make a long story short, this tractor ran fine until it died while running bush hog under load. I got it running again after it cooled off but sounded like it had a misfire. I figured I might as well rebuild the carb and distributor since not knowing the history. Ordered my parts kits... read up online and went to work. Put them back on and the tractor only ran with full choke. Pulled carb and distrutor and went through them again. Thought maybe timing was off. Tried again and couldnt get it to fire. Finally figured out the coil had died. Put on a new coil and it ran great for maybe 1 minute and started to stumble again unless I gave it a little choke. Now I'm thinking fuel issue. As throttle increased, engine would cut out without some choke applied... slight amount is all that was needed.
After some tinkering with the main and idle settings, the tractor sputtered its last time and died... couldnt get it started again. I now noticed NO fuel was flowing out of the tank but there was still fuel inside the tank.. though low. So I attempted to remove the sediment bowl assembly. It seemed tight but I gave it a little muscle.. too much muscle... snapped the sucker off inside the tank!
I still need to get a new sediment bowl and find a large easy-out but for those who have been down this path... do I need to pull the tank? Would I be wasting my time trying to get this sucker out with the tank in place? I dont know if an easy out will even work to be honest. Thoughts?
Brief history...
To make a long story short, this tractor ran fine until it died while running bush hog under load. I got it running again after it cooled off but sounded like it had a misfire. I figured I might as well rebuild the carb and distributor since not knowing the history. Ordered my parts kits... read up online and went to work. Put them back on and the tractor only ran with full choke. Pulled carb and distrutor and went through them again. Thought maybe timing was off. Tried again and couldnt get it to fire. Finally figured out the coil had died. Put on a new coil and it ran great for maybe 1 minute and started to stumble again unless I gave it a little choke. Now I'm thinking fuel issue. As throttle increased, engine would cut out without some choke applied... slight amount is all that was needed.
After some tinkering with the main and idle settings, the tractor sputtered its last time and died... couldnt get it started again. I now noticed NO fuel was flowing out of the tank but there was still fuel inside the tank.. though low. So I attempted to remove the sediment bowl assembly. It seemed tight but I gave it a little muscle.. too much muscle... snapped the sucker off inside the tank!
I still need to get a new sediment bowl and find a large easy-out but for those who have been down this path... do I need to pull the tank? Would I be wasting my time trying to get this sucker out with the tank in place? I dont know if an easy out will even work to be honest. Thoughts?