Posted by Tractorpunk on July 05, 2015 at 12:40:00 from (184.21.243.42):
Over the past several months, I restored a John Deere M wide-front that my father-in-law bought new. Last week, I mowed a couple of acres with it using a Woods belly mower that this tractor has had used since the 70s.
It ran great then, as it did when I started it various times during renovation. It has new battery and it cranks and starts strongly.
Then, this week, it would start, run anywhere from 2 minutes to 30 seconds, then quit running. The plugs were fouled. Last week was the first time I put a load on the engine.
Suspecting too rich a mixture or maybe debris in the fuel, though I put all gas through a paint strainer and saw no gunk in the sediment bowl, I did the following:
Removed the carb, cleaned it (it was not very dirty and I rebuilt it during the restoration with new gaskets), put in fresh spark plugs, removed and checked the new sediment bowl assembly, then drained the gas tank.
After I put it all back together, I set the idle screw and load needle to settings recommended in the JD M manual. Today I added fresh gas, opened the fuel shut off, and watched the sediment bowl fill (a bit too slowly!).
The only way the tractor would run would be to add a bit of fuel into the air cleaner. The tractor idles well but when that fuel is gone, the tractor sputters and dies.
I'm going to run an aux tank into the carb to see if it runs well from that. If so, what should I do next?
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