FRIDAY MORNIN

[FUTCHCAIRO]

MORNIN ALL, GOT PROBLEM WITH MY (NEW TO ME) LO-BOY TRACTOR. SHE WILL START UP AND RUN FOR ABOUT 6-7 SECONDS AND SHUT OFF. HAVE GOOD GAS FLOW FROM TANK TO CARB., TOOK NEEDLE SET OUT AND THE FLOW IS VERY SLOW. I TOOK THE PLUG OUT OF THE BOWL AND CAUGHT THE GAS THAT CAME OUT IN RAG AND HAD NO TRASH. PUT 4 OZ. OF CHEM-TOOL IN THE 2 GAL. OF GAS IN TANK, THIS IS TWICE THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO BREAK DOWN ANY PETRO. PRODUCT THAT MIGHT BE CLOGGING THE JETS, LEFT IT OVER-NIGHT, SHE STARTED RIGHT UP THIS MORNING AND RAN FOR MAYBE 14-15 SECONDS AND THEN SHUT OFF LIKE IT WAS DOING YESTERDAY. THE GAS FLOW INTO THE BOWL IS VERY SLOW, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA'S AS TO WHAT TO DO , PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HOPE I DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE CARB. OFF, IT IS IN A VERY TIGHT SPACE WITH EVERY THING SMALL, SCREWS, BOLTS, ETC. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP SOLVE MY PROBLEM.
PA
SEMPER FI

[Blue spinner]

Morning PA and all
PA it's too new for us to work on them if it was 30 or 40 years old you could get it to work with bailing wire
good luck with it

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY SPINNER, I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT I DO NOT WANT TO TEARING DOWN THAT LITTLE CARB. IT IS 44 YRS OLD AND WORKED FLAWLESSLY MOWING 25 ACRES IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO. I AM SURE THE PROBLEM IS A HIGH SPEED JET CLOGGED WITH TRASH OR MAYBE THIS BLAME ETHANOL GAS. I PUT ADDITIVES IN THE GAS TO COUNTERACT THE HORRORS OF ETHANOL GAS.
I BELIEVE MY SIL WILL PROBABLY GET MY E-MAIL TODAY AND CAN COME OVER AND FIX THE PROBLEM SHORTLY. MY HANDS ARE NOT STEADY ENOUGH TO TRY TO DO ANY CARB. REPAIRING, I JUST BELIEVE THE CARB JUST NEEDS CLEANING BUT IT IS TOO SMALL FOR THIS OLD MAN TO TACKLE.
PA
SEMPER FI

[countrycorners]

Good morning!
Sounds like gummed up / dirty carb to me. Sooner/later it will need rebuild.




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