Farmall Bob
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My Gravely Tractor L8 won't start, and the experts all say it is because of stuck valves, especially the exhaust valve. I pulled the head and turned the crank shaft numerous time, both valves were going up/down and looked like thy were seating properly. Put the head back on as one person said to place thumb over sparkplug hole and feel the compressed air. Tried that and there wasn't any air pressure? Well guess the head comes back off and remove the valves. The exhaust valve had some build up and was a bit sticky, so took the electric brush and cleaned it up. Cleaning the tub, found loose screws holding the manifold, the carburetor inlet screws were loose too! Thinking this maybe the no compression problem?
Any comments much appreciated as I would like very much to get these Gravely Tractors running like new again. Thank you.
Bob
Any comments much appreciated as I would like very much to get these Gravely Tractors running like new again. Thank you.
Bob