Farmall H Will Not Start

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 18, 2011

The tractor had been sitting in a garage for many years. The bowl was dry. I put gas in it and jumped it off yesterday and it started. I jumped it off because the battery was low and maybe the starter/switch was weak. It ran then started backfiring, I idled it down and it ran smooth. Today I was not able to get it to spin fast enough to start with the jumper cables, so I tryed to pull start it and it would not start at all. What's up???????????

rustred · Sep 18, 2011

might want to check fuel tank for rust, as it most likley plugged stuff from tank to carb. disconnect at line carb an find out if you have fuel running out in a good stream. check filter in carb also, and in sediment bowl if it has one.

Harold Evans · Sep 18, 2011

Can we assume that you checked the battery to see if it had water in it, too? You will need some electrical juice to keep the tractor running unless you have a magneto, of course. Can you tell us more about what is on your tractor?

You might also check the gas flow again. Rust in the tank can cause the tractor to run until the carb bowl is empty, then stop, and then be able to be started once again after the bowl fills up at a very SLOW rate of flow. Frustrating, to say the least.

There are other possibilities. You'll have to check them off one at a time. Then you'll know where the problem was in the first place.

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 18, 2011

Added water to the battery, charged it forever before it registered as charged, according to the charger indicator. Some of the added water actually came out of the caps I had loosened on top of the battery. It is a 6 volt. The bowl carb fills, because you can remove the plug and gas rolls out. I cleaned the sediment bowl of fine particles after I filled the tank the first time and it is clean still. I pulled it around the pasture and nothing happens?

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 18, 2011

I cleaned the sediment bowl after I filled the tank and drove it around the yard. It had rust in the bowl. I can run gas out of the carb bowl at the drain plug. I have always been able to pull one and it start?

David G · Sep 18, 2011

Make sure you did not burn up the gas added. I have done that many times and wondered why it quit.

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 18, 2011

I will check. Thanks.

Jason the Red · Sep 18, 2011

As Rustred said, check the filter in the carb. If it would run well at idle/ low RPM and sputter at high RPM, that would initially cause me to think fuel flow is an issue.

cole in mo. · Sep 18, 2011

Did you check to see if you were getting spark, gotta have that along with fuel.

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 19, 2011

It will not spin over to check spark, but did spark the first when it started.
Thanks

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 19, 2011

Thanks I will check it out today.
Thanks

D.W. Pirkey · Sep 29, 2011

Well, I cleaned the carb and nothing different.. However, I noticed when I turn it over 5-6 times and let off of it, gas belches, underpressure out of the the air intake port??? What does this mean, a carb kit next??

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