Posted by Loren in MN on January 30, 2009 at 22:41:24 from (75.168.50.197):
In Reply to: IH 666 gas posted by Clayton Johnson on January 30, 2009 at 18:40:38:
Does your carb have a shut off selenoid with a wire going to it? If so, could be the selenoid going bad. I have a 756 gas. When I bought it, the previous onwer had tried cleaning the sediment bowl under the tank and was adding a screen. Big mistake- he didn"t remove one of the battery cables and while gas was draining, he touched the cable to the starter directly below the tank with his wrench -yup up in flames went the tractor. After I bought it and repairs were made, it still had the loss of power and would quit but I"d choke it and it would start, run a while and quit again. I again changed the sediment bowl added a screen. Still had the problem and it was getting worse with time-now the tractor wouldn"t keep running without being choked all the time. Finally it wouldn"t start but for a minute or two. After asking about my problem on this site, I was told to replace or remove the selenoid. No more problems since. Yes it very well could be rust flakes in the tank or the coil, but if those aren"t the trouble, maybe the selenoid could be the cause. Good luck-
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