Ragged Edges
New member
- Joined
- May 30, 2011
- Messages
- 16
- Location
- Fultonville, NY
- Tractor
- John Deere 4500, Massey Ferguson 35 Deluxe (Work in Progress Project)
Finally got the 35 I aquired back home yesterday. Today I wanted to tinker with it a little and see if I could get it started. Heres what I did. Aired up all the tires, checked all the fluids, Oil was ok, need a little coolant. Drained and ccleaned sediment bowl. Gas tank was empty, looked inside didnt look like any rust was inside. Added about 4 oz of seafoam to tank then put about 1 gallon of fresh gas. Installed new battery which I finally got at tractor supply. pulled choke, turns over but wont start. had to repair a butt connector fron the starter to coil that was loose and snoked when using the starter. smelt gas and there was some gas leaking from around a hose that joins the air cleaner to the carb. also installed and gapped a new set of plugs.
Now the problems: (1) It is missing the throttle lever. I have no way of adjusting the throttle. Is there a way of adjusting it manually?? I know this is going to be difficult to get operational again with the linkages and such for the governor. (2) It appears there is no spark. took the center wire off of the distributor and held it to the side of the block, turned it over and nothing. Plugs wires also seem to be mismatched and dont feel they are sung when they are put on. (3) where coil wire goes into the top of the distributor looks to be a little coroded. I think at the very least new plug wires are in order. Is there other things I should be checking?? I just dont want to start replacing parts that might not need to be replaced. Any imput would be appreciated. This is my first ever attempt at anything like this. I dont consider myself any type of mechanic. I only have basic knowledge and some repair and service manuals. I ultimately would like to do a restoration on this tractor. It was given to me so that will take a little of the sting out of putting some money into it to get it going before I do anything else.
Any imput is always appreciated!!
Mike
Now the problems: (1) It is missing the throttle lever. I have no way of adjusting the throttle. Is there a way of adjusting it manually?? I know this is going to be difficult to get operational again with the linkages and such for the governor. (2) It appears there is no spark. took the center wire off of the distributor and held it to the side of the block, turned it over and nothing. Plugs wires also seem to be mismatched and dont feel they are sung when they are put on. (3) where coil wire goes into the top of the distributor looks to be a little coroded. I think at the very least new plug wires are in order. Is there other things I should be checking?? I just dont want to start replacing parts that might not need to be replaced. Any imput would be appreciated. This is my first ever attempt at anything like this. I dont consider myself any type of mechanic. I only have basic knowledge and some repair and service manuals. I ultimately would like to do a restoration on this tractor. It was given to me so that will take a little of the sting out of putting some money into it to get it going before I do anything else.
Any imput is always appreciated!!
Mike