[Farmall] RE: [AT] Troubleshooting no start

James Moran jrmoraninc at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 28 05:53:59 PDT 2006


DV-
  Did you take a good peek inside of the fuel tank?  Is it possible  that there is rust and/or other "crud" impeding the flow of fuel?
  JM

Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:  Hmmmm, well, I'm mostly back to where I started.  I haven't been able to
work on the tractor for a few days but had some time this evening.  I
checked the spark plugs to make sure they were dry before I tried anything,
and double-checked the order of the plug wires.  Tractor started up on the
second try, with a bit of coughing and smoke, but then settled down and
smoothed out.

So I drove around and got it warmed up, and it seemed to run fine.  Parked
it in the back yard, shut it down, and proceeded to change the oil.  Old oil
and filter didn't look too terrible but I don't know their history and I'm
glad to have it full of clean oil.  Started cleaning out the air cleaner,
and it was a gooey nasty mess.  Watery brown oily sludge floating around in
the cup.  Couldn't have been helping my starting problems any.

Realized I was running out of daylight so I put the half-cleaned air cleaner
back together just so I could put the tractor away, and of course it won't
start now.  Same as before, lots of cranking but not so much as a sputter.
I opened the drain plug on the front of the carb and let it run out for
several seconds in case there was water down there, then closed it back up.
Still nothing.  Gasoline drips noticeably from the carb after I try to start
it but then stops if I let it sit.

So the doggone thing will sit out tonight and until I can find some more
time to mess with it.  #@*&!!.

Anyway, the electrical system appears to be okay and it's got good oil in it
now...

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net


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