[Farmall] Farmall H Question

[E. John Puckett]

My first thoughts are the same thing that Mark mentioned, of some debris 
in the gas tank, such as rust flakes, etc. getting over the top of the 
fuel intake and blocking the fuel flow, then the vibration of cranking 
the engine causing it to move off and allowing fuel to flow.  My second 
thoughts are burned points, or a bad coil or condenser.  Also, do not 
overlook the possibility of water in the fuel.  to check that keep a 
small container on the tractor and as soon as it dies, drain a little 
fuel from the carb inot it.  If there is water there it will be visible 
in the container.  Also checking spark as soon as it dies will help tell 
where the problem is.  another thing to do is loosen the fuel cap as 
soon as it dies. If it starts immediately it is sealing and drawing a 
vacuum in the tank.

On 9/2/2014 10:51 AM, szabelsk at gdls.com wrote:
> Looking for some input to an issue regarding my H.
>
> Lately the tractor has been dying after running for a while. Sometimes it
> runs for hours, and sometimes just a few minutes. Checked the fuel, and
> spark, both seem to be OK. Took the carb off and verified that the float
> wasn't sticking. Had spark at the distributor.
>
> .......
> Carl Szabelski
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