Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
...just need to know what is the causing it.
This tractor will not run if it has gas in the tank. I pulled the hood/gas tank back off today and rechecked to make sure the new coil had not gone bad on me. Had good spark all around and whilst checking the second cylinder it tried to fire up. So I figured put some gas in the IV (temporary tank on IV stand) and give it a try...no go. Finished checking cylinders...all good. Thought I would recreate the time when it wanted to start, so I dumped the gas and tried her dry...fired right up and ran for like 10 seconds. Put gas back in the IV...no start. Dumped the gas and tried again dry...started right up. This time I quick poured some gas in the IV and it died immediately.
So there is no gas coming out of the air intake when I leave it off which makes me think the float is OK but perhaps set too high? Seems like if the float were saturated or there was crud in the valve that it would overflow out the air intake. Any other thoughts? This is kinda fun running down these issues.
This tractor will not run if it has gas in the tank. I pulled the hood/gas tank back off today and rechecked to make sure the new coil had not gone bad on me. Had good spark all around and whilst checking the second cylinder it tried to fire up. So I figured put some gas in the IV (temporary tank on IV stand) and give it a try...no go. Finished checking cylinders...all good. Thought I would recreate the time when it wanted to start, so I dumped the gas and tried her dry...fired right up and ran for like 10 seconds. Put gas back in the IV...no start. Dumped the gas and tried again dry...started right up. This time I quick poured some gas in the IV and it died immediately.
So there is no gas coming out of the air intake when I leave it off which makes me think the float is OK but perhaps set too high? Seems like if the float were saturated or there was crud in the valve that it would overflow out the air intake. Any other thoughts? This is kinda fun running down these issues.