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

[Mike Sloane]

That sounds like either the coil or condenser overheating. I would try 
replacing the condenser first (since they are cheap), but you may be in 
for a new coil. If you have another tractor with a known good 6 volt 
coil, I would try that. Otherwise, it is nearly impossible to test a 
coil under field conditions.

I have also had problems like that when a leaf, blade of grass, paint 
chip, or flake of rust got into the gas tank and got itself positioned 
over the fuel outlet to the trap. A strong flashlight is needed to spot 
something like that.

Mike

ebony51 at frontiernet.net wrote:
> 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
> 
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