If it wasn't for bad luck..... - 09/15/22
I should have stayed in bed yesterday.
I had two things I wanted to do.... cut the yard and bush hog around the house and orchard.
Jumped on the mower, made a pass around the yard, and it sputtered a time or two then smoothed out. Huh? On the second pass, it died and wouldn't start. Pushed it to the carport, checked fuel flow, air filter, and finally took off carb., cleaned it good with carb cleaner and found gov. rod loose on carb shaft. Had this happen before, so I soldered it and figured I had it fixed, again. No go. It will backfire, spit, and sputter. Ok, check spark plug. Took needle nose, reached as far as I could in hole, grabbed spark plug wire and pull..... pulled cap off wire. Ordered a new coil, try again when it comes in.
Ok, mower down, I'll get the bush hogging done. Everything going fine for about an hour and beeper goes off for EMS call. Shut down tractor and went on call. Got back, started up tractor and it ran for about 5 seconds and died. I had forgot to disengage the pto and when the bush hog started to turn, it killed the tractor. Disengaged the bush hog, try again. No go. The motor turns over, but will not crank. Called it a day and will check out tractor this morning.
I hope today is better.
I had two things I wanted to do.... cut the yard and bush hog around the house and orchard.
Jumped on the mower, made a pass around the yard, and it sputtered a time or two then smoothed out. Huh? On the second pass, it died and wouldn't start. Pushed it to the carport, checked fuel flow, air filter, and finally took off carb., cleaned it good with carb cleaner and found gov. rod loose on carb shaft. Had this happen before, so I soldered it and figured I had it fixed, again. No go. It will backfire, spit, and sputter. Ok, check spark plug. Took needle nose, reached as far as I could in hole, grabbed spark plug wire and pull..... pulled cap off wire. Ordered a new coil, try again when it comes in.
Ok, mower down, I'll get the bush hogging done. Everything going fine for about an hour and beeper goes off for EMS call. Shut down tractor and went on call. Got back, started up tractor and it ran for about 5 seconds and died. I had forgot to disengage the pto and when the bush hog started to turn, it killed the tractor. Disengaged the bush hog, try again. No go. The motor turns over, but will not crank. Called it a day and will check out tractor this morning.
I hope today is better.