Mccormick IHC AOS6 questions

I am from Western Australia and have just become the proud owner of an AOS6(princely sum of $45Aus).

Like most people I thought that it would be a piece of cake to get the beast going and to restore it to former glory. Yeah I know , stupid idea.

My problems are the following:

1. The previous owner took about 1 minute to start the tractor and after a bit of tweaking it ran sweet with no smoke or knocks .I can't get it to start other than the odd 3 or 4 seconds of firing before it stops. Using Airostart has no better result even though it should do.

2.The carbi floods without the slightest hesitation even though I pulled it to bits and made sure it was functioning.Is there a solution?

3.Wiring looks to be functioning, distributor cap has previously been cracked and glued together but I pulled a spark plug lead and copped a boot when the motor was cranked so appears to be working. Should I replace disi cap anyway?

4. Can't seem to find neutral even though can apparently change gears using gear shift lever. Does the thing have to be in neutral to start?

5. Can I pull start it using a vehicle and if so what should I have the gears in , is there a high/low range ?

Sorry for the size of the message but I am really keen to get it going and it is frustrating not being able to.

thanks for the suggestions (all of them).

I will have a try at what is suggested.

NIG ,the reason I pulled the carbi apart was because it was flooding so the obvious thing was that the float was stuck. From what I now read it would appear that the choke is the enemy of starting the old girl and that's why it flooded.

The previous owner did the old trick of getting the tractor going before I arrived so she was warm and willing to start.I don't mind , for the price she is a bargain even if I never get it going.(my kids love it)

I might not know what I am doing but I am willing to give it a try .

Thanks again,

Anthony

And he obviously does not know much about starting fluid. I use it regularly as a help when I'm in a hurry or too lazy to fix something. Have never ever damaged an engine with it and have used lots of cans including continued short squirts to keep an engine running to assess it's condition. I've heard of people bending rods in light duty engines but I think the worst thing you will do to a Farmall is wash the cylinder walls and cause some scoring.

Don't be afraid of a repaired distributor cap if it was working. But they are cheap to replace.

You probably did not put the carburetor together wrong, may just have some trash under the float seat. But some of these tractors will drip gas out the weep hole every time you srart them. If the carb does not sit and drip gas out it may be OK. Still, after things are disturbed, a little broken piece of varnish can hold the seat open. I like to cut the fuel line and put an automotive type in-line fuel filter to catch everything the sediment bowl misses.

The danger of having the tractor stuck in gear, if it is, is that you can easily get it into two gears.

First off, if that "Airostart" stuff is starting fluid, ether, THROW IT AWAY! You're gonna blow the engine up. You don't need ether to start an engine on petrol/gasoline/crocodile juice/whatever you Aussies call it :)

You tore the carburetor apart. Why? The tractor ran fine when you bought it. It's highly unlike the carburetor wore out or got that dirty between then and now. Do you know how to work on a carburetor? Its flooding now, so that means you put it back together wrong. The float is set wrong, and isn't closing the flow of fuel off when the carburetor bowl gets full.

If the distributor cap is broken, replace it. Come now, that's just common sense... But, if it ran with the broken cap before, and you didn't break it further, it should run with the broken cap now.

What do you mean, "can't find neutral?" There is no specific notch for neutral. Neutral is just "not in a specific gear." If you knew that, then the shifter rails could be worn and the tractor could be stuck in a gear. AOS6 is probably similar to the OS6 in the USA, which is basically a W6, which is basically an M. You'll probably want to pull the shift lever off and make sure all the rails are aligned for neutral. If it still won't roll with the clutch out, then you've got more serious issues.

Above all, don't start tearing into things without doing your homework first.