IH 454 questtion

Wayne in NE · Jun 24, 2018

I have already placed this question in the IH Forum, but there are different eyes and thoughts on this forum. I have an IH 454 gas burner that I use for tractor rides. Once or twice each ride the engine will just shut off. No advanced notice, no sputtering, no choking off, it just stops running. I coast to the side of the road and it will start right away, I believe this happens more going down hill or on flat ground rather than going up hill.
I have replaced the inline fuel filter, the sediment bowl is clean, I have placed a riser in the fuel tank above the sediment bowl, it has had a new mechanical fuel pump several years ago and a new electrical fuel shut off solenoid last fall. I really don?t know where to begin if this is electrical.
Thanks for any ideas.
Wayne

Janicholson · Jun 24, 2018

Intermittent issues are difficult. Because it quits like it was shut off, I lean toward an ignition fault. I think it has a resistor in the ignition circuit that is the resistance of the actual wire. To find out if the key, or resistor is at fault, run a second wire from battery non grounded post to a ballast resistor, then to the coil supply side. If it runs with no quitting, I would then attach that new wire to the Key Ign Post and run it. If it now quits, I would replace the Key switch. If it runs with no issues, I would tidy up the new bypass wire and leave it. Jim

Stroby · Jun 25, 2018

A condenser going bad will do some strange things....

merlynr · Jun 25, 2018

I have a 454 and I had to replace ignition switch on mine a few years ago and I used an old ford switch to cure that problem and another time it was the coil. I've always checked that resistor but it is still ok.

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