[Farmall] International A died (and I am baffled)

[Ed Greany]

Hi Larry,
 
First thought was possibly bad gas or old gas. Have you filled the tank recently with possible bad gas? If not, has it rained a lot that could have water in the gas? Did you drain some out of the tank? - water should come out first.
 
Next would possibly be float stuck. Does it do anything different choking and no choke? Does fuel flow out of carb indicating open float?
 
That's about it for fuel since you've checked the other possibilities.
 
On the electrical side, perhaps a faulty coil. Was it doing this in hot weather? Are plugs clean and proper adjustment? Clean them and see if any difference. Any wet oil on plugs? Did timing slip on you without your knowledge?
 
Those should keep you busy for awhile. I hope the first thing you check solves the problem for you.
 
Good luck.
 
Ed
 


--- On Mon, 6/29/09, ebony51 at frontiernet.net <ebony51 at frontiernet.net> wrote:


From: ebony51 at frontiernet.net <ebony51 at frontiernet.net>
Subject: [Farmall] International A died (and I am baffled)
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 7:54 PM


I was mowing with my International A today.  It was missing and then it finally quit.  My first instinct was something plugging the gas line.  I took off the sediment bulb and cleaned it.  Nothing.  I took off the gas line from the sediment builb to the carb and gas was getting through and the strainer was not clogged.  I took off the carb and sprayed some carb cleaner in it.  Still would start.  I sprayed some starter fluid in the air cleaner and the tractor started but barely.  Hardly ran and then very low idle and just for maybe 30 second.

Any suggestions.  I figure it got to be gas or electrical, and I thought gas first.  Kind of ran out of ideas regarding gas but maybe I missed something. Got dark and I quite mesing with it this evening.

Thank  

Larry Hardesty 
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