[AT] Older Tractor Question

[Greg Hass]

I would like to thank those who replied to my question. I am thinking 
the pump is the problem. I don't know how to get the red power site; 
however, a few months ago Red Power magazine had an article about 
rebuilding the area where the pump is. Unfortunately, I was busy at the 
time and did not read the whole article and do not remember their reason 
for the rebuild although I do remember they put in a new pump. Also I 
have "temporally" misplaced the article and it would take me several 
hours to find it again. The part that makes me mad is that my cousin 
took his to the dealer and several hundred dollars later they found 
nothing. The replies I got on this list tell me far more than the dealer 
know (I think all they did was change filters and put in all new oil). 
They want to be warm and toasty, so they never tried leaving it out in 
the cold overnight and trying it in the morning. A bad thing is that 
over the past 20 years our IH dealer has went way downhill as far as 
service knowledge goes. That is one reason why this list is so great. 
P.S. years ago my dad had a car that would not start in cold weather. 
Three times he had it in to the GM dealer and they found nothing. 
Finally my dad said "of course its going to start in your 70 degree shop 
even after sitting all night. Try leaving it out in the back lot and 
then try it in the morning." They took his advice and found the problem 
in less than a minute, it was a sticking choke. Thanks again to all.
          Greg Hass

  Another P.S. backing up the pump theory is the fact that all three 
tractors had just over 5000 hours on them suggesting that is the pump 
life. Most other problems would be more random as far as hours before 
problem occurred.