[AT] Ford 4000 Quitting Afer Running a While

[charlie hill]

Alan you haven't been down here in NC playing around have you????
That is the exact problem my friend is having with her 72 model Ford 4000 
gas.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dick Day
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:02 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ford 4000 Quitting Afer Running a While

I had a similar problem once. Turned out to be the coil.



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From: "Alan  Nadeau" <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 2:39 PM
To: "ATIS" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] Ford 4000 Quitting Afer Running a While

> The shooting club I belong to has a Ford 4000 which is having "issues".
> I'm not sure where to start trying to narrow it down.  This is the newer
> version with the 3 cyl. gas engine, not the early one which looks like a
> beefed up N Series.  We use it, with a 6 foot bushhog, to keep the
> weed/brush growth down on several acres of old pasture land around the
> club grounds.  I get along with it as it is the right age, even if it is
> an off brand(Ford was never real popular around here).  Nobody else really
> cares to operate it as it is a bit of a clubfoot and is not a shiny
> compact tractor.
>
> I starts fine and runs good for the first 1-2 hours.  Then it starts to
> stumble and over a few minutes gets worse until it dies completely.
> Sometimes it will restart immediately and run (barely) for a few seconds,
> at other times it won't restart without sitting 30-45 minutes.  After that
> rest period it will again run normally but for a shorter time, continuing
> that sequence until It won't run at all until completely cooled down.
>
> When it starts stumbling I can usually notice the difference in engine
> note.  If I catch it in time I find I can take the load off it, close the
> throttle to barely above idle and, by playing with the choke, manage to
> limp it back to the barn.
>
> It doesn't backfire when it acts up, if it was going lean I would expect
> it to belch and bellow.  If the ignition was cutting out completely, then
> kicking back in I would also expect a horrendous backfire from unburned
> fuel filling the exhaust and then getting lit off.
>
> Since I am always alone when I'm working it I don't have anyone around to
> help in trying to troubleshoot the thing.  Unless I am constantly playing
> with the choke it dies, there is no pulling the choke partway and having
> it continue to run.
>
> One thing that may be relevant or not is that this thing has the
> absolutely harsh exhaust fumes I have ever been exposed to.  Terrible eye
> irritating stuff.  I added some to the stack so it is quite a bit higher
> than my head and I'm still coming home with my eyes so irritated that I
> often have to pull my eyelids part manually when awakening the morning
> after a hogging session.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  If you want more information ask any questions and
> I'll answer them as fully as I can.
>
> As for taking it to a shop, it is really hard now to find anyone who knows
> diddly about carburetors and spark ignition.  Because it only acts up
> after being worked for a while I'm not sure how viable it would be to get
> it into a shop.  Now that I think about it I may well let it run at high
> idle and see if it craps out without a load.  If it does that would make
> getting it to a shop a bit more practical.
>
> Al Nadeau
>
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