We have been spoiled with the reliability of electronic fuel injection. Many folk today have never had to deal vapour lock, boiling gasoline, heat soak. Choke plates, flooding, stuck floats, leaking needle/seats and heat riser valves. Good old days my *ss. The fuel pump has to move the vapour out of the lines and carb then replace it with liquid gasoline. Is the fuel tank full and does the gasoline contain ethanol? I spent many an hour on the 800 swather. b.t.w. make certain the final drive chains are kept snug. Also make certain the canvas roller idler spring loaded slides move freely. Usually requires an annual removal of the canvases and cleaning the rust,dirt and vegetation out of the slides. There are heavy springs around the table lift cylinders. Adjust them up to bare some weight when the platform is rubbing on the ground. This will limit wear on the platform slides, reduce drive train wear and reduce fuel consumption. A fine old machine that doesn't get the credit and popularity it deserves.
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Plugs & Compression Testing - by Curtis Von Fange. The engine seems to run rough. In the exhaust you can hear an occasion 'poofing' sound like somethings not firing on all cylinders. Under loaded conditions the tractor seems to lack power and it belches black smoke out of the exhaust. For some reason it just doesn't want to start up without cranking and cranking the starter. All these conditions can be signals that your unit is in need of a tune up. Ok, so what is involved in a tune up? You say, swap plugs and file the points....now tha
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