1966 Ford 3000 wont start

lorenharris

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My brother recently purchased a Ford 3000 gas burner. It was running fine and then just stopped starting up. He ran it routine projects bush hogging, spraying, etc. He used it one afternoon and the next day it would not start.

ISSUE: The tractor turns over but will not start. I have check the electrical from the switch through the coil, distributor, points, all the wires, to the spark plugs and the plugs have spark to the cylinders. (Good fire)

I check the fuel and it has go flow from the tank to the mechanical fuel pump to the carburetor. I open the bowl on the carburetor and there is ample fuel in the bowl. (the fuel out of the bowl was not overly dirty)

The tractor has a very new carburetor and it allegedly has 50 hours of use or less on it.

What other checks could I make to determine the problem of not starting? Any and ll suggestion recomendations will be helpful.
 
It is a Ford- fix or repair daily. If You have good gas flow and spark to the plugs,
It is either an air blockage or your wires are suspect. Just because they look good
means they probably are not. Get a good meter and test. test points , coil and condenser.
And yes, they are a good tractor, and it is probably something very simple and easy to overlook.
 
You said, "The tractor has a very new carburetor and it allegedly has 50 hours of use or less on it." There's your sign.
 
You have spark. Unlikely you lost all compression.
Dump a half shot of fuel into the air filter side into the carb. If it runs and dies quickly you might have a carb problem or a little piece of grit jamming the fuel needle up like the floats are all the way up. Could your distributor have come loose and rotated? I am not a Ford gasser expert but have worked on a lot of old cars and bikes with points. As for tractors, my Ford is a diesel.
 

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