[AT] test

Al Jones farmallsupera1 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 3 17:29:57 PST 2016


Gas line is new.  Vent on the gas cap is clear.

Al

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Alan  Nadeau <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> I had the same problem with the K-532 in my JD 400 garden tractor.  Same
> symptoms, would run fine for a few minutes then skip/cutout/backfire/die.  I
> chased ignition issues for quite a while I tried blowing back through the
> fuel line (by mouth).  Nothing, put the compressed air through it and VOILA,
> ran fine for a quite a while then started doing it again.  That time I took
> the tank off, major project as it is under the fender pan.  Turned out that
> there was enough accumulated grit in the tank to completely block the fuel
> screen.  On some of the 400 tanks the outlet is threaded way big and bushed
> down to whatever the valve is threaded, like maybe from 3/8 pipe to 1/4"
> pipe.  That created a little sump at the inlet which was filled completely
> with fine grit.  I removed the valve, which was just about impossible to
> access, and used a hose fitting in it's place, then added an inline valve
> and a separate, inline filter.  Problem has never returned so I must have
> diagnosed it right.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Fink Sr" <rfinksr at verizon.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
>
>> If it runs that long i would be looking at the gas line sucking shut.
>> R Fink Sr
>> PA
>>
>> On 3/3/2016 6:08 AM, Al Jones wrote:
>>> John yes it's a KT-17 II.  it will be running fine and then it will
>>> start to do a faint missing.  Then full-on spitting and sputtering
>>> until it pops, snaps, and dies.  Will not re-start till it cools off.
>>> I haven't messed with the points and condenser yet.  I was at that
>>> point where I needed to walk away for a while!
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:25 PM,  <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> I'll see what I can find out. I assume it has a KT-17, series II? When
>>>> it
>>>> cuts off does it die suddenly or load up slowly, spit & sputter? Will it
>>>> crank right back up or does it take a while? Give me a little more info,
>>>> sounds like something simple.
>>>>
>>>> John Hall
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Al Jones
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 8:07 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>>>>
>>>> John, speaking of a 782...I have one that is demon possessed.  Bought
>>>> it cheap and I found out why.  It will run for 5-10 minutes and then
>>>> quit like it has a bad coil.  I've replaced coil, plugs, plug wires,
>>>> even the fuel pump but I haven't fixed it.  Finally got mad and parked
>>>> it in the corner of the garage.  Is there a trick to these old
>>>> Kohlers?
>>>>
>>>> Al
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:43 PM,  <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>> I'm still here, when I'm not at work or the shop!
>>>>> Been resurrecting a Cub Cadet 782 that had a lot of driveshaft and
>>>>> hydro
>>>>> damage, it should have been a parts machine but its now ready to mow
>>>>> grass
>>>>> again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Been working trying to add a dye marker pump on the John Blue sprayer
>>>>> on
>>>>> the
>>>>> Farmall M. Basically trying to get it set up like it used to be back in
>>>>> the
>>>>> 60's or 70's.  It uses a separate pump just for the dye marker. I've
>>>>> never
>>>>> used or seen a setup quite like this but some of the old timers say it
>>>>> worked well. There is an extra nozzle on the end of each boom that
>>>>> sprays
>>>>> the dye solution. I have no idea why my family quit using it. I'm
>>>>> pretty
>>>>> much copying the concept, everything we had left of the old system was
>>>>> dry
>>>>> rotten, including the rubber flex impeller in the pump.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Hall
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Greg Hass
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 11:21 PM
>>>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>> Subject: [AT] test
>>>>>
>>>>> Haven't had any mail in over a week; is anyone still out their.
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