dbwinva
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Hello all. Just joined. My father bought this tractor used (it was ~2 yrs old at that time), then he used it for ages ... when he passed away my cousin used it another ~5 years until his health got to where he couldn't use it any more. It has sat for ~3 years and now I'm going to try and get it going again.
It has the 4 cylinder gas engine and around 2800 hours on it.
The first step was a new battery, and syphoned out the old gas, put in fresh gas, then turned on the gas valve by the sediment bowl thing, and gave it a try.
It started and ran for ~2 minutes and died. I tried to start it several more times with no luck. Went from super happy and "what a tractor!" to rats, what's wrong real fast.
I decided to give it a break and try again later ... when I came back (about 20 minutes) gas was dripping out of the carburetor, I had left the gas valve on ... so I turned the gas valve off, went away for ~10 minutes, came back and it was still dripping gas from the carb.
So 2 odd things there ... shouldn't the carb floats stop the flow of gas? Or do I need to always turn that fuel valve on/off? And second, why did it keep dripping long after I turned the gas valve off?
So now I'm a bit worried I have gas in the cylinders/engine. I pulled the dip stick, it does have a very strong gas smell.
For the carb, I was doing some searches and found new ones on Amazon for $65. Not sure if I can fit the carb leak by just pulling it apart and trying to clean things up.
I'm thinking next steps:
- sort out carb leaking and how to fix that. Just buy a new carb? Pull apart and clean out?
- sort out gas valve, does it not really stop the flow. Is it a bit messed up too.
- once my leak/drip is sorted then:
= pull spark plugs and rotate engine a few times in case there is gas in the cylinders
= change oil and oil filter
and try to start it again.
And tips/hints greatly appreciated. Thanks.
It has the 4 cylinder gas engine and around 2800 hours on it.
The first step was a new battery, and syphoned out the old gas, put in fresh gas, then turned on the gas valve by the sediment bowl thing, and gave it a try.
It started and ran for ~2 minutes and died. I tried to start it several more times with no luck. Went from super happy and "what a tractor!" to rats, what's wrong real fast.
I decided to give it a break and try again later ... when I came back (about 20 minutes) gas was dripping out of the carburetor, I had left the gas valve on ... so I turned the gas valve off, went away for ~10 minutes, came back and it was still dripping gas from the carb.
So 2 odd things there ... shouldn't the carb floats stop the flow of gas? Or do I need to always turn that fuel valve on/off? And second, why did it keep dripping long after I turned the gas valve off?
So now I'm a bit worried I have gas in the cylinders/engine. I pulled the dip stick, it does have a very strong gas smell.
For the carb, I was doing some searches and found new ones on Amazon for $65. Not sure if I can fit the carb leak by just pulling it apart and trying to clean things up.
I'm thinking next steps:
- sort out carb leaking and how to fix that. Just buy a new carb? Pull apart and clean out?
- sort out gas valve, does it not really stop the flow. Is it a bit messed up too.
- once my leak/drip is sorted then:
= pull spark plugs and rotate engine a few times in case there is gas in the cylinders
= change oil and oil filter
and try to start it again.
And tips/hints greatly appreciated. Thanks.