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Ford 901 Powermaster 1957, 172 ci gas

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While mowing, about 50% throttle, with tractor running perfectly, it suddenly died. It belched oil from the oil bath air cleaner, and never fired another time. While cranking it to try to start it, more oil came from the air cleaner. Any suggestions as to what this problem might be???
 
I would first pull the air cleaner tube and make sure the carb is not full of gas etc. As for it dieing like that check for a good spark as in blue/white and jumps a 1/4 inch gap at all four plug wires. The air cleaner thing maybe that you have a lot of water in with the oil or you may have another bigger problem like a bad valve etc
 
Apparently uses gears. Would failure of the timing gears be so sudden? There was no apparent warning.
 
Many things can happen all at once. Had a MH 30 that I was taking to the shop to figure out an odd knock but for sure not a rod. Fired it up pushed the clutch pedal down and all at once the dip stick flew out and the engine shut down. Would not restart but would send the dip stick flying again. Pulled the head and found #2 piston gone only the wrist pin on the rod no piston
 
Very unlikely to be the timing gear on the cam but have seen the gear on the distributor drive go bad or shear a roll pin and that would do it. Had that happen to a IH 340 this past summer. Ran good one time went to use it and no start and would back fire. The distributor drive gear had a couple teeth that had stripped of of it and would drive some ties and then no but that threw the timing off for the distributor and was hard to find since it would turn the shaft some time than not others
 
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