What happened?

I told him all he needed for tools were 7/16" to 9/16" end wrenches and sockets plus a couple of blade screw drivers. I suggested when he goes to CaseIH for parts, get them to change the gear on end of distributor shaft. Now, all he needs is persausion from folks on YT. I know he can do it, he's only one generation off the farm, that being himself. Besides he's retired, she is still working, thus he may as well be tractor wrenching. We might even talk him into a collection of Farmalls.

I've even told him where he could get a good feed of southern smoked ribs, with the money he saves, and from a guy who got his smoked ribs schooling in Tn, Ky and Mo. Now you tell me, what better deal could he get. I hope he fixes the tractor before he takes on the feed of ribs. Problem is the ribs place is about 30 miles away and very close to the CaseIH dealer.

My Farmall 130 did this two months back, my first reaction was iceing in carb. I added methyl hydrate to gas tank, however no cure. At first my tractor would start but it did get worse and finally wouldn't start. My tractor had started great that morning around 0 degrees F, and when the problem hit it was as quick as you could snap your finger. You guessed it, stripped distributor drive gears, and they are the same on all 4 cylinder gas Farmalls 1939 to 1958.

I will warn you the matching gears from CaseIH are roughly $165. CAD. You can probably find a complete distributor with drive for half that amount.

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Del, I recalled reading a while back about a problem someone had this winter w/icing of the carburetor. I when to the archives [link is provided near center of discussion board under the red "Farmall...."banner] and used the search function and typed in "icing carburetor". You can read the posts from the link above and maybe do some more searching. I really find this feature offers some great info/entertainment also if a person isn"t always able to check the board daily along w/the ability to recall everything-as this author can"t even remember what I had for dinner some days. Hope this helps [HTH] and that you enjoyed your tractor seat time [TST].