[Farmall] Super C Problem

[Charlie Zuercher]

I had the same issues with our 57 350U this year, had the carb fully cleaned and rebuilt by a mechanic, and it now runs beautifully - no other work was done to the tractor.

Charlie
Wisconsin

--- On Tue, 8/2/11, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super C Problem
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 5:01 PM
> There are a lot of things that could
> go wrong and result in that kind of 
> problem. One of them is a failing ignition coil. I am sure
> others will 
> come up with more ideas.
> 
> When you say the carburetor has been "gone over", does that
> mean a 
> complete disassembly, soaked in a tank of carburetor
> cleaner, all 
> passages reamed, and re-assembled with new parts? It seems
> that, unless 
> you do that these days, the stuff they are selling for
> gasoline will 
> cause all kinds of crud to form in the small passages/jets.
> (been there, 
> done that)
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 8/2/2011 6:42 PM, Jeff & Ginny Pomije wrote:
> > I have a Super C that I have been having a problem
> with for a couple
> > years now.  It used to happen every great now and
> then, but now is
> > becoming more frequent.  I'll start the tractor
> and go to work cutting
> > hay, etc. and it runs fine.  After a while it
> starts to sputter.  I used
> > to be able to rev up the engine and it would quit for
> a while.  More
> > recently revving the engine does not help.  I
> have to choke the engine
> > about half way out to get it to quit.  After
> awhile I may or may not be
> > able to push the choke back in.  Lately choking
> is having less and less
> > affect.
> >
> > I have had the tractor looked at by two different
> mechanics over the
> > past couple years.  They cannot find anything
> wrong...the problem never
> > happens when they are looking it over.  If I
> remove the fuel line from
> > the carburetor, fuel runs out of the line.  So,
> no fuel problem at that
> > point.  The carburetor has been gone over. 
> I'm not much of a mechanic,
> > but I am looking for things to try.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff Pomije
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