Sounds exactlry like my mutt. I rebuilt the carb and it ran 200% better.
Buzz
On Thu, 03 May 2001 11:06:57 -0500, you wrote:
>The fact that you can pull out the choke and make it run better points to a
>fuel problem, it sounds just like what happens when my old Ford 9N fuel filter
>starts to plug up. The backfiring through the exhaust happens on my Ford
>tractor when any liquid hits the distributor wires. Did the radiator blow
>some coolant out the radiator overflow that might have landed on some ignition
>wires?
>
>I'd check out fuel flow first. I bet you have a clogged filter somewhere.
>Then check out the points, make sure they are adequately gapped and the wires
>and distibutor cap are dry inside.
>
>Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>Jeanne Lacourse wrote:
>
>> My M151A2 (AKA Piece of S*) did something today that it did late last year:
>>
>> I had just had it inspected and was about a mile away and was pulling a
>> moderate hill at about 40 in 3rd. All of a sudden it seemed to lose power
>> and the temperature rose to over 220 degrees. It then started to pop back
>> thru the carb. I though maybe I was running out of gas and pulled out the
>> choke which seemed to help. A little past the top of the hill, everything
>> returned to normal.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Steve AKA (I like my deuces...)
>>
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