IH 354 Won't Start

Posted by thephantompatriot on September 17, 2014 at 16:49:43 from (24.112.147.17):

Okay so you guys have probably seen my previous posts a few months ago.

Anyhow I finally got my bushhog, ran it the initial day I had it attached to my tractor, battery died. Had to jump it whenever I wanted to start it, no big deal. Then the third day in a row I had it running for 2 minutes the engine bogged down, backfiring like crazy, almost stalling, total power loss.I cut the PTO threw it in neutral for a few minutes and the it kicked back up.

The next day I tried jumping it and with the choke fully on and throttle up it would move about 10' and stall when approaching a slight upgrade. I wound up getting a new battery and that didn't help, same issue.

Anyhow after over 2 months I finally just did a tune up on it. New plugs, wires, points, coil. While reinstalling the guts of the distributor I noticed the old points were missing a nut which meant the gap wasn't set properly. I got my battery charged again after sitting for two months. Tried to start it today and nothing.

Is there any trick to getting the rig started after sitting for 2.5 months or could there be another issue with it? Note, I was spraying starter fluid in the carburetor and it didn't help any.

I am half tempted to sell this tractor and get something more reliable. This tractor is almost impossible to find parts for. I contacted IH and they don't even make the distributor anymore, luckily they had the points for it. I'm angry that I spent over $4k for a lawn ornament.

This post was edited by thephantompatriot at 16:51:19 09/17/14.

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