I'm posting this in case someone else runs into this issue and hits the google machine looking for an answer. If you have a New Holland Workmaster or the Case Farmall A series (which are the same pretty much, just different colors/names), then this info might be useful to you.
You may run into an issue where your tractor will run and then sputter and then die. However, it will restart, run for a minute or two, and then die again. If that happens, it is obviously acting like it isn't getting any fuel. And it isn't. There is a small plastic filter on the end of what I would call the pickup line inside the fuel tank. A picture of where the pickup line inserts is attached. That small plastic filter can get clogged with algae or other gunk from the fuel. My tractor doesn't sit up and is used every week, so it's not from that. It just happens, I guess.
Another person had a similar issue, and his/her thread is here (link) . A photo of my clogged pickup line is also attached.
I chased the fuel filters first, even though my tractor only has about 200 hours on it, and that was a waste (but, I guess not necessarily as new fuel filters are never a bad thing), and then drained the tank to "start at the beginning" more or less, as I had planned to start there and work my way to the engine. Anyway, you will need to drain your tank to check this thing, but it's worth it if you are having similar issues. Hope this helps someone.
You may run into an issue where your tractor will run and then sputter and then die. However, it will restart, run for a minute or two, and then die again. If that happens, it is obviously acting like it isn't getting any fuel. And it isn't. There is a small plastic filter on the end of what I would call the pickup line inside the fuel tank. A picture of where the pickup line inserts is attached. That small plastic filter can get clogged with algae or other gunk from the fuel. My tractor doesn't sit up and is used every week, so it's not from that. It just happens, I guess.
Another person had a similar issue, and his/her thread is here (link) . A photo of my clogged pickup line is also attached.
I chased the fuel filters first, even though my tractor only has about 200 hours on it, and that was a waste (but, I guess not necessarily as new fuel filters are never a bad thing), and then drained the tank to "start at the beginning" more or less, as I had planned to start there and work my way to the engine. Anyway, you will need to drain your tank to check this thing, but it's worth it if you are having similar issues. Hope this helps someone.
