43 H Too Rich ?? / will not start

any suggestions will have reduce my stress level just about now --- why I did not buy that little compact tractor for $25gs – I am starting to wonder.

so pocking around most of today – I finally just held on to the end of one of the plugs wires and sure nuf I found out there was sure a good start that started me OK ----finally after tracing fuel getting to the carb ----I did a little tap tap on the side of the carb and there she go lited right off ---now hopefully one last question for a while anyway – this probably means a little stuck float needle right

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HELP

Are you talking about on a cold start? If so, that is the way Hs are.

Pull your throttle about 2/3 of the way open. Hit the starter with NO CHOKE. Then, after the engine starts, it will try to sputter and die like you say.

When she begins to sputter, feather that choke on/off quickly a few times until she straightens back out.

Hs just don't like a lot of choke.

Also, they are more of a tractor than that $25K compact could ever hope to be.

Allan

I never use the choke at the first crank, even in the dead of winter. Those Hs just have their own way of starting. :>)

Allan

In the summer, mine likes the throttle about one notch above idle. It starts and runs immedeately. The idea of starting any engine at 2/3 throttle makes my hair stand on end. If you look at your oil pressure gauge, it does not move as soon as the engine starts...

If the engine is flooding, fuel will drip out of the bottom of the carb. If you are getting fuel dripping, check to see that the choke plate is actually open, sometimes the lever can be loose on the shaft.