[AT] , now Cub Cadet

[Danny Tabor]

Ken
    I wasn't thinking along that line, condensor
heating up! 
There was one day I allstinkingmost got the yard mowed
before it started giving me trouble. I think there was
overcast that day. However I also know that I had
filled the gas tank to the top as well that day.
    The choke doesn't make much of a difference with
it when it starts messing up.
Your 2 cents maybe the cure I need.

Danny

--- Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Danny,
>     the issue with the ignition would be my first
> question. Many
> engine problems are blamed on carburetors when the
> problem is actually
> a weak coil or condenser heating up. And since they
> normally aren't
> where you can get to them (under a flywheel on small
> engines) they are
> hard to catch.
>      You might check with a spark plug. If you're
> only getting an
> orange spark when it's hot (key point; most
> electrical stuff shows up
> when it's hotter) you should take a good hard look
> at fixing that. It
> should be a nice blue spark.
> 
> Also, is it worse during the hot part of the day and
> better in the
> morning when its cooler?
> 
> The other way to look at it is: if the fuel level
> affects things and
> it runs better when the tank is more full, then it
> might be a piece of
> junk in something or a cracked fuel line or some
> other fuel system
> ailment. But if it tracks temperature more closely,
> look at the
> ignition. The choke can actually mislead you because
> the richer
> mixture will many times light easier (with less
> voltage on the spark).
> 
> Just my $0.02
> 
> Ken in AZ
> 
> On 6/20/07, Danny Tabor <dannytabor2000 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >  Last year my father had purchased a Cub Cadet
> LT1045
> > from Tractor Supply. The darn thing ran good even
> > through the winter up until about the second grass
> > cutting this year. Now it runs fine for any where
> from
> > 10 minutes to a half hour until it starts acting
> as if
> > its vapor locking.
> > Since it started acting up I have switched to
> higher
> > octane gas with no improvement. Dad has called TSC
> > because it is under warrantee, however typical TSC
> > they can't get it looked at until December. (I've
> had
> > trouble with TSC in the past. so thats a bit of a
> sore
> > subject)
> > I personally don't think the tractor is vapor
> locking.
> > The fella from TSC my father talked with said
> they've
> > had problems with the ignitions on this model. I
> can't
> > see that as the problem either.
> >        I had also put a post up about this on YT
> > because as I had there this stinking thing is
> driving
> > me nuts!
> >
> > Danny Tabor
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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