Mystang's Homesteading Circus

[CntryBoy777]

Have ya checked the air filter or fuel filter?....mine will do that if either needs changing or cleaned....try shaking the fuel filter to dislodge particles to see if it runs right....it'll work for a short while, but will need to be replaced soon.....

 

[mystang89]

Have ya checked the air filter or fuel filter?....mine will do that if either needs changing or cleaned....try shaking the fuel filter to dislodge particles to see if it runs right....it'll work for a short while, but will need to be replaced soon.....

I looked at the gas filter and it's ugly in there. I sprayed it out with carb cleaner but it didn't really do anything. I might run the gas straight to the engine for the time being too I can get to a mower store and purchase a filter. The air filter doesn't look too clogged but it's not in the best of shape either.

 

[farmerjan]

If the gas filter is crummy, and you take it off and run the line directly, you could be setting yourself up for some other major problems if there is any junk that gets through into the engine. That is why there are filters, to keep the sediment out of the engine. You don't know what is in the gas tank and just a little bit of dirt or whatever can get into the engine and then OOPSSSSS.... That has been preached to me for years.
Air filter you could take off, try blowing it out with an air compressor, or just really banging it out good and use for a little bit. That is easier to "cheat a little" ..... don't cost yourself more by running the mower without the gas filter.

 

[farmerjan]

Even our Farmall H has a glass sediment bowl that sits below the gas tank. The gas is gravity fed from the gas tank to the motor. You would not believe the gunk that just settles into the bottom of that bowl. All we do is turn the little cutoff wingnut, take the bowl off ...looks like an old fashioned "bale top" on a canning jar, dump it out and swish a smidgeon of gas around in it to clean it, and put it back on, "turn on the gas" with the wingnut adjuster, and off we go. But that is still a VERY critical part of keeping junk out of the lines into the engine. Original engine in this tractor.... made in the 40's and early 50's.....

 

[Bruce]

I agree with Jan, you do NOT want to run that junk straight to the carburetor. You can likely buy the gas filter at a hardware or auto parts store, they are pretty generic.

 

[mystang89]

Yeah, I went out this morning and bought one to replace it. Mower still doesn't work. Used the tractor to mow but I hate doing that. Dad is supposed to come over Thursday to help. He's pretty good with mowers so maybe he'll be able to figure it out.

 

[Bruce]

Hopefully your Dad can get it running right. I have little knowledge of engines other than changing the oil and filters. Another possibility is the spark plug. Can you pull it and see if it looks good and the gap is proper for the mower? Sometimes it helps to run very fine grit sandpaper or emery cloth over the surfaces to shine them up and make sure it can get a strong spark. Not likely the problem in this case though given it ran OK for a time before it went wonky.

 

[mystang89]

Hopefully your Dad can get it running right. I have little knowledge of engines other than changing the oil and filters. Another possibility is the spark plug. Can you pull it and see if it looks good and the gap is proper for the mower? Sometimes it helps to run very fine grit sandpaper or emery cloth over the surfaces to shine them up and make sure it can get a strong spark. Not likely the problem in this case though given it ran OK for a time before it went wonky.

That's definitely one thing that wasn't passed down from my father to me, mechanical knowledge. I try but mostly fail when it comes to that.
I did check the plug though and had cleaned it and gapped it but the same problem persists. We'll see tomorrow.

 

[mystang89]

Parents came over. We looked at it, fiddled around with it, adjusted the linkage carriage up and that seemed to make it run..... satisfactory. I'll look around here for sometime who can do a long term fix.

Went outside to let the sheep out.

Give you a sec to guess who that was. My son is trying to fix it now, I'm to tired. That animal will be going back into the barn... Ever. I have a silo out there for him. If he so chooses to let himself out of that, ok.

The children and I mucked out the ewes stall, well at least half of it. We'll finish the other half and fill it in with wood chips (which the kind man brought over today). My compost of overflowing. Anyone want some sheep manure mixed with wood chips that are mostly disintegrated?

 

[CntryBoy777]

.... how long before ya are shipping to Florida??....