Not ether, that was used last year. We've had it running with new gas just the last couple days.



No vacuum/air leak that we can find, new fuel line hoses. No fuel pump. Haven't talked to my son since he took the tractor to Henry.

OK, good news, bad news. My son replaced the fuel line from filter to carb, BUT, didn't replace the 3" section from bowl to filter, so it was blocked. I THOUGHT he had replaced the entire thing. Tractor runs great, so my son hooked up his brush hog and made a loop around his field. Decided to stop and take the blades off brush hog to sharpen them. As he walked past the rear tire, his leg got soaked. The tires are filled with calcium chloride and the rim failed. We knew it was on borrowed time, but hadn't found a new rim(s) yet.
So, I didn't get to see it running in the field. Thanks again for all the info given.

You never said you replaced the coil I've had the same thing happen on an 8n Ford and the coil was bad, it's not uncommon.

Sounds like a switch issue. Run a hot wire from the positive terminal on the battery to the resistor next to the distributor.

On the rim.......there are guys that can cut out the area of a bad rim, then patch in the same area from a donor parts rim and weld it up.

Unless you need the weight, leave the fluid out. If you do need it, nowadays they are using different fluids. One is a beet juice.......the other is basically windshield washer fluid. Both non-corrosive.