Posted by Roger46 on October 07, 2007 at 18:12:33 from (69.58.143.244):
I thought I could always figure out why a tractor will not start, but I am stumped on this one. My Farmall A that I use for mowing my lawn with a 60" Woods finish mower decided that it at random will not start. Once it did it cold in the shed, but mainly it has happened when I have been mowing, shut it off for about 1/2 hr and then it will not start. It just spins over with no fire at all. I even cranked it with the same result. It has a magneto. I checked the spark and it has good spark and it only sparks on the correct cylinder. It seems like it is not getting gas, but I took the drain plug out of the carb and gas ran out like it was at the correct level. I need to point out that when it runs, it runs really good even under heavy load with thick grass. After cranking it over today for several times without it starting, I pulled a spark plug and it was dry. I finally squirted some gas in one of the cylinders and it finally started. What could be causing it to not get gas intermittently when I start it and after it is running it runs fine or most of the time it starts on the first cylinder. Roger
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