Posted by clint s on May 22, 2014 at 18:28:12 from (67.242.45.169):
Last year the tractor ran well, but every now and then it would stall and not start. If you let it sit it would restart. Spark seemed good when checked. I changed the fuel filter cleaned the carb, changed the points and cleaned a regapped the plugs this spring.
This year it has been hard to start but running OK once warmed up.
So I went out to disc the garden one last time and the 200 would only crank and crank and not fire. Spark "seemed" good. After cranking for a bit gas poured out the bottom of the carb (no choke on ). Took out the plugs cleaned them (they were pretty wet) and still would not start. Ran some emery cloth over the points and it fired and ran rough, but after a while cleaned up a bit and I was able to do the discing. Shut it off, would not restart. Cleaned the points and it started. Let it sit for 10 minutes would not start, cleaned the points and it started. Let it sit for 5 minutes would not start, cleaned the points and it started.
Points are new and gapped to 020. There is no oil I can see coming off the points when I clean then or in the distributor. Literally I can start it let it run for 30 seconds and shut it down and have to clean the points to get it to started.
What to do? Get some new points and try them? Could it be weak spark from a weak coil. Coil ohmes at 3.5
I also think I have a carb issues as it drips if the gas is not shut off and if it does not start right off gas POURS out of the drip hole. I have taken the carb apart and cleaned it well. It is a Carter carb.
Once it starts and warms up and cleans all the gas out of the cylinders it seems to run pretty good. It still misses now and then, but has power.
Any thought??????
This post was edited by clint s at 18:30:14 05/22/14.
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