Flooding Out!

I'm having a problem- my tractor is quitting on me after running a little while- I believe it is flooding out. I'll leave it sit a while- go back to it- and it'll start and run. I have the mixture and idle adjusted reasonably well- the only other thing I can think of is to bend the little tab on the float that props up the needle in the seat, so it cuts the fuel off sooner- is this right? Is there any other thing that could be causing the flooding? HELP- this is driving me nutz and the grass is getting high!

It's funny too- because it doesn't puff blck smoke- or stumble or miss or anything when it quits- it just dies as if you turned the switch off.

A simple 50 year-old tractor is making a monkey of me.....I'd hate to work on anything new and complex!

....uh-oh....here comes PETA!

1. Runs a couple minutes and dies-condensor.
2. Runs about 15 minutes and dies-ignition switch.
3. Runs about 45 minutes and dies-front mount coil.

All three seem to cure themselves after a cool down period.

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It's either the coil or the carb. My coil is not a front mount- it's from NAPA with the built-in resistence for 12V....new about nine months ago. Carb was also rebuilt nine months ago- I opened her up last week, to try and cure this problem- and lost the float needle- so had to buy a new needle/seat- thought I might get lucky, and it'd cure problem. Engine runs like a top- mint- just quits for the first time after half-hour or so....and then, on subsequent tries, quits sooner and sooner.

Thanks,

Condensers have been known to be bad right out of the box. It could also have gone bad already.

But it does sound more like the coil - every time I've had condenser trouble, the engine still ran, although badly.

Instead of checking the carb for gas flow next time it quits, immediately open the gas cap. If you hear air entering the tank then you may have a clogged vent. By the time you get to the carb to check it, the party clogged vent has allowed enough gas through to fill the carb back up.

hth

Mountainman...CA