Re: Dead tractor in hayfield...suggestions?

Posted by old fashioned farmer on September 20, 2004 at 15:29:20 from (4.131.53.51):

In Reply to: Dead tractor in hayfield...suggestions? posted by old fashioned farmer on September 20, 2004 at 09:22:36:

Howdy again folks,

Well, the fun just keeps on comin. I didn"t get to look into any suggestions before I went back to the field after lunch. After sitting through lunch it must"ve calmed a bit. It fired up and ran fine for a while. It started to hiccup this time. I liked that because I knew it was a carb problem. You recognize sounds after spending as much time with these things as I have. Of course, my "a" has had a little history of stuff sliding into its carb. So, I take it off, take it apart, and clean it out good. Go back to the field and it fires fine...fine until I get down to the other end of the field. This time it was cuttin in and out like before and finally just stopped with no desire to fire up again. I decided on a second opinion and asked dad. He was pretty stuck by it too but had an idea. He undid the connections on the coil bypass and ran everything through the mag again. We took off the distributor cap and looked at the rotor and points. They had some junk on them but not much. Did some scraping hooked all back up and gave it a try. Bang. It fired and worked. It even mowed right along in third gear (which after only running in first due to its earlier problems was a blessing and a half). It has done some sputtering on hills and what not so the original problem that made me put the coil on is still there. I"m not sure about the vapor lock thing as the fuel line does run close to the manifold. I don"t think it"s a factor since it never was a problem before. I"ve got a new sediment bowl to install (ordered before to replace my old leaky one) so if that is the issue it will be resolved. I appreciate all the ideas and I guess we"ll keep investigating. Meantime, I need to get back out there and finish the little bit of cutting I have left. Thanks again and God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

Follow Ups:

• Re: Dead tractor in hayfield...suggestions? Mark - IN. 19:29:49 09/20/04 (1)
  • Re: Dead tractor in hayfield...suggestions? Weirsdale George 22:11:41 09/20/04 (0)

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