Massey 135 Update V (with Videos)

I posted on Saturday after giving my tractor a tune up (new plugs, distributor cap, points and condenser, and air filter.)

I managed to find the video on my phone so you all get visuals now! (LOL)

Basically, the ole girl runs and then dies after about two to three minutes. It also cuts out when I tried to shift from 1-L to 1-H. This tractor as long as I've had it since it came home from being rebuilt in 2006 never really likes anything beyond 1-L and will start to stall normally.

I do follow the directions in the operator's manual to lower the throttle and then shift.

When I attempt to start her she putt-putts twice and cuts out, an adjustment of the choke knob and throttle has her going, push the throttle in and like I said it will run for a few minutes and then die.

Checked the fuel line and there is fuel streaming. I'm curious if this might be a fuel vacuum problem somewhere in the fuel system.

First Video is of Saturday right after I got everything changed.

http://youtu.be/HNjJX85hEm0

Second one is of this afternoon. The tractor had been running for about a minute prior to shooting.

http://youtu.be/Kpy5UDRziTQ

Thanks for your help, I'm getting there (ever so slowly.)

Christos

Have you tried checking the spark and the fuel in the fuel bowl as as soon as it dies?

That might telll you where to begin looking for the problem. If it cutS out when you try to shift, I would expect a fuel problem.

But start it up and let it idle till it quits and immediately check the spark. If it's the requisite FAR AND BLUISH-WHITE, the color of lightning. then repeat and check the fuel in the fuel bowl of the carb by removing the plug and looking for A CONTINUOUS GUSH of fuel. If it's intermittent or dribbles then you are not getting a good delivery of fuel bowl of the carb.
If the furel delivery is good, then check the adjustment. 3/4 turns out on the idle air and 1-1/14 turns out on the main jet are good starting points. Make sure that you don't have any leaks around the carb metering section(throttle shaft, carb to intake manifold connection, rust holes or cracks in the intake manifold or manifold gasket at cylinder head connection).

If you don't have a good spark, check the point setting, the point condition( burned, oily, corroded, etc) and the connections in the primary ignition circuit. Make sure that you have battery voltage on the distributor side of the coil WITH THE POINTS OPEN AND near zero volts WITH THE POINTS CLOSED. Jump across the key switch and start the tractor and see if that fixes the problem. Key switches go bad. They get a high resistance, after about 2-5 minutes of being closed.

Systematically check these issues out and you should find the problem.