IH 184 Zenith Carb

KDougM · Apr 30, 2012

I recently replaced the internals of my IH 184 Zenith carb (needle, needle seat, float pin, and gasket --- the floats were fine). Mowed with the 184 for 2 hours then it started running rough and eventually stalled. Noticed a good amount of gas coming out of the carb (through the gasket). What did I do wrong? I noticed when I put the carb back on that I had to open the main jet adjustment quite a bit to get it to run. Any help would be appreciated.

Bryan inIowa · Apr 30, 2012

possible crud in needle & seat . gotta tear it down to find out . OR I have done this several times . shut fuel off. run it out . Just before it dies open shut off . tap on carb by inlet . sometimes it flushes the crud out of the needle and seat .

KDougM · Apr 30, 2012

The tractor will start and run for a minute before stalling. It will start again if I let it sit for a few minutes but will then stall after a minute. Does that still point to crud in the carb?

Bryan inIowa · Apr 30, 2012

It could ,,is ignition system in good shape ? Bad coil can mimic carb troubles

KDougM · May 1, 2012

Ignition system seems fine. Problems appear to be carb leaking gas even when being parked for the night. Starts fine but dies after a minute. Have to let site a minute to get it to start again but then dies again.

Dennis (VA) · May 1, 2012

I would bet the float is sticking occasionally and that it may be set too low. Had a Ford with MS carb that had same symptoms you describe.

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