9n engine was running great. i put a new head on it cuz radiator fluid in a cylender or two. put new coil and entire ignition system on. put a new sediment bowl on that leaks like a sieve and it drips even when its turned off. are the big knobs on these sediment bowls supposed to turn hard? well wouldn't you know it. i ran my tractor yesterday for a short drive and it started normally just fine. i ran it to a neighbors house, turned it off, and it wouldn't start. it smelled like gas too. my frined told me to fill the tank with gas and put a quart of marvel mystery oil in it. i ran it like this for two days. it has new plugs. but at the frineds house it wouldn't start after it ran great. i pushed it down hill and tried popping the clutch. it wanted to fire up, but was bogged dwon. i let it sit, and pushed it, and then it fired up but with a big cloud of smoke, mostly black that lingeredand some small white smoke too, and it took some doing to get it upto rpm it was boggy. when it ideld at home black smoke came out of it and it never did this before at all. i got nervous. got it home thank goodness. shut it down. and then tried to restart it. no go...but that smell of gas was strong. i checked the carb and gas was just a pouring out of it, and i couldn't shut the sediment bowl off. i took a plug out and it was real black with some crusty black deposit on the bend of the wire to the tip. when i put a new head gasket on it, i cleaned the carbon off the cylinders heads and walls, and valves and the napa man frined mechanic cleaned the head it was shiny new too. what's wrong with it? sediment bowls are not very good at holding gas in the tank...and why would the carb be pouring gas out of it? well, i will try to put new plugs in today and makes sure my needle valaves are not dirty with any thing too. any other ideas why it wouldn't catch? it always started so well, one turn of the key and varoom, it was a champ until of a sudden last night in the neighbors drive. bbee
| 
