Posted by maddog on January 27, 2012 at 17:58:26 from (99.197.215.26):
Tractor is a late "60"s or early "70"s 4 cyl Continental gas. The tractor starts great. Runs good when it"s cold. But, after it"s been running for 10 minutes or so, it starts cutting out, missing, and sputtering when under load. It still idles OK, but when it"s under load, it"s hard to keep it running without dying.
The head gasket had been blown since late summer as coolant vapor would come out the exhaust after starting. Tractor still ran fine though. The tractor sat for a few weeks this December. Around Christmas time, we got some snow so I went out to plow and that is when it started missing/sputtering. I replaced the head gasket, and that cleared up the coolant leak, but I still have the same sputtering issue. I also replaced the plugs and took the carb apart when I replaced the head gasket. Carb looked like new inside, but I thorougly cleaned it anyway.
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