[AJD] Starting Trouble 51-B

[CEE VILL]

You know the old saying: Opinions are like back sides.  Everybody has one.  Having said that, I will offer a suggestion  or two.  

If the plugs were not obviously wet when removed, you may not be pulling gas into the cylinders. If this is the situation, you may want to try starting with the throttle as far to idle as it will go and the choke at full choke.  This will bring more raw fuel into cylinders with minimal air mix.  If that fails, check the plugs again and see if they are visibly wet.  If not, it is not flooded.  If they are wet, dry them off, let it stand for an hour, then replace the plugs.  Try to start again with no choke and full throttle setting.

You probably do not have a fuel tank selection valve on a 51 model.  If you do, make sure it is on fuel and not on reserve.

If none of the above does the trick, you will need to check out several other possibilities not mentioned here.

Good luck,

Charlie



> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:50:14 -0500
> From: mustangpaul at gmail.com
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AJD] Starting Trouble 51-B
> 
> Hi all--
> 
> Got my tractor the other day.  It started up, chugged off the trailer and
> happily all over the yard.  Stopped and started it several times with no
> trouble.  I put it up and now she won't start.  Catches
> occasionally-CHUG-but that's it.  Eventually, she blows a bit of white smoke
> which tells me, I think, she's flooded out.
> 
> I recharged the battery.  (It was converted to 12 volt and the battery is
> about a year old--Interstate.)
> I'm heading out now to get new plugs.  The old ones are pretty oily/black.
> I've got lights so I'm getting power.
> Fuel switch is on and I have good, new gas.
> Throttle is between 1/3 and 1/2.
> Choke or no choke doesn't seem to make a difference.
> 
> The tractor was restored about 8 years ago, but sat most of the time since
> then.  Always started--it's just me she's being difficult to.
> 
> I'm told that there is no dumb question--only dumb people who ask them, so I
> declare myself dumb!
> 
> Any ideas?  I've got a line of neighborhood kids who want rides!  8)
> 
> --P
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