So I talked to my father tonight and the VAC still isn't running. It's been down all winter, and it's getting frustrating! As some of you recall, I was up there a month or two ago and did a bunch of work - rewired a lot of the ignition system, replaced the coil, replaced and gapped the points (finally had spark again after this step), pulled and checked the carb, and a few other things as well.Since then my father has tried to get the tractor running a few more times. He's removed the breather to make sure air was getting to the carb, replaced the rotor, and replaced the gasket on the sediment bowl. No luck. Kind of. Here's the odd part. On two occasions since I left, my father has gotten the tractor to start and run but only for a few seconds each time. Each time the tractor started it had sat for some time since the last attempt to start it. Each time the tractor starts right up on the first try, runs for a few seconds, then dies and can't be started again. So I'm back to thinking when the carb was rebuilt (shortly before this problem started) some putz hosed something up - maybe a jet? When I pulled the carb originally it had plenty of fuel, and the floats were free. No obvious problems. What does everyone think? Also, anyone in the Saratoga, NY area that knows these machines and would like to take a look? I'd be happy to meet you there - don't want you to have to deal only with the old man! Thanks!
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