Posted by AndrewFromNS on July 12, 2008 at 11:30:11 from (71.7.194.23):
Afternoon Folks,
I was over at work today (www.trecothiccreektrains.org) mowing the lawn in preparation for tomorrow's events, and I got about half-way through the mowing, and the tractor started acting funny...at idle, it ran fine. Throttling up to WOT actually slowed the motor down (At least, it sounded like it did...), and caused a significant loss in power. Pulling the choke lever out to about 75% brought it back to nearly full-power, and sped the engine back up, but caused large clouds of smoke, and a very noticeable smell of gasoline. I only ran it like that long enough to get it back to the building. While it was sitting there, I wiggled the spark plug wires, removed the air filter to be sure it wasn't clogged, etc, but I'm not that familiar with the motor in this tractor, and given the lack of a manual, I opted to not bother going into more in-depth troubleshooting procedures.
The tractor is a Sears Craftsman from ~2000, with a 42" cut (dual-blade), and a B&S V-twin putting out either 21 or 22 horse. Battery is under the hood, fuel tank is under the seat.
If anyone has any suggestions or ways to troubleshoot, I'd be happy to hear them.
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