Post by ltdhpp on Aug 2, 2013 18:05:08 GMT -5
"no, I don't want to sell it, I just got it running good" I said to the guy as I topped off the tank...
So... can a coil overheat and quit if it has a bad connection to the plug?? lol...
About 2/3 through my long-way-home loop around town, she putters out at the end of a fairly long uphill grade... just like it would when I had the original fuel pump. In a similar way, after sitting for a bit and cranking it for about as long as it takes to fill the fuel bowl, she started back up. Repeat this 5 or 6 times for the rest of the 4 miles home, each time different lengths between. Half of those times it sputtered and ran poorly, the other half it ran fine, seemingly not caring about the grade or throttle position. Most notably, it ran 100% fine the last entire mile home, including up one of the steepest hills in my town.
I was about to have to decide whether or not I wanted to try to push this thing up Hill street or Cranehill road, lol...! But she took me on home.
I'm not looking forward to trying to diagnose this, since she will start back up and run...
While fooling around looking for loose hoses and vacuum leaks, she stalled twice for no apparent reason but started right back up... I suspected the gas i just put in, so I drained the tank and put some fresh in I had just gotten for the mower. After this she didnt even want to idle anymore, BUT this is when I realized the brass tip had pulled out of the spark plug boot while I was fooling around before the fuel drain
I can't even tell how this piece is was supposed to stay in the boot
the clip is to hold it
to the plug...
I doubt I'd be so lucky for this to be the only problem... I did notice that the coil was loose from it's mount, allowing it to wiggle and possibly vibrate while going down the road...
This is probably because the cheap orange coil has no metal insert in it's bolt hole...
I said F-it for the night once I saw the wire boot came apart. Now to find the original when I get home...
So... can a coil overheat and quit if it has a bad connection to the plug?? lol...
About 2/3 through my long-way-home loop around town, she putters out at the end of a fairly long uphill grade... just like it would when I had the original fuel pump. In a similar way, after sitting for a bit and cranking it for about as long as it takes to fill the fuel bowl, she started back up. Repeat this 5 or 6 times for the rest of the 4 miles home, each time different lengths between. Half of those times it sputtered and ran poorly, the other half it ran fine, seemingly not caring about the grade or throttle position. Most notably, it ran 100% fine the last entire mile home, including up one of the steepest hills in my town.
I was about to have to decide whether or not I wanted to try to push this thing up Hill street or Cranehill road, lol...! But she took me on home.
I'm not looking forward to trying to diagnose this, since she will start back up and run...
While fooling around looking for loose hoses and vacuum leaks, she stalled twice for no apparent reason but started right back up... I suspected the gas i just put in, so I drained the tank and put some fresh in I had just gotten for the mower. After this she didnt even want to idle anymore, BUT this is when I realized the brass tip had pulled out of the spark plug boot while I was fooling around before the fuel drain
I can't even tell how this piece is was supposed to stay in the boot
the clip is to hold it to the plug...
I doubt I'd be so lucky for this to be the only problem... I did notice that the coil was loose from it's mount, allowing it to wiggle and possibly vibrate while going down the road...
This is probably because the cheap orange coil has no metal insert in it's bolt hole...
I said F-it for the night once I saw the wire boot came apart. Now to find the original when I get home...
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