Yazoo PTO-B Mower

Steve is recovering well. He'll be in there possibly through the weekend. His small intestine was blocked right at the appendix. Had to take a small amount out. Not sure yet whether it is a tumor or what. No food or water for a few days until his bowels start working again. But he can suck on hard candy!


I put a different coil on it. I also had to wire in the solenoid and switch so the starter would work. The first spark was rather weak looking, but it fired right up when I got fuel in the carb. No leaks showing there as yet.
 
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Glad It's Running And Moving At last.


Junk in the gas or shellac in the carb ?


If shellac, Might let it run with some acetone in it to help clean it up?
 
I took the carb off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. It does fine until I go to engage the deck, then falls on it's nose!
 
Best check the timing.  Amazing what troubles that can cause.


i think that's done with points gap on this one?
 
I have the points set at .018". Think that could be an issue?
 
What's the manual say?


I would try 15, then 20 and see
 
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KennyP said:
I took the carb off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. It does fine until I go to engage the deck, then falls on it's nose!
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I'd double check to make sure all the crap/bad gas is out of it and that all the small passage ways in the carb are clean first.


I think you got the points set close enough. from what I know.


 If timing is retarted it will have less power and run hot.


If too far advanced it's harder to start / kick back,  will have more power, BUT will knock or ping under heavy load, not good.
 
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I'd double check to make sure all the crap/bad gas is out of it and that all the small passage ways in the carb are clean first.


I think you got the points set close enough. from what I know.


 If timing is retarted it will have less power and run hot.


If too far advanced it's harder to start / kick back,  will have more power, BUT will knock or ping under heavy load, not good.
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The carb and tank were removed and cleaned very thoroughly. But the carb is now showing a flooding condition and the soft plug is very loose!
 
Loose soft plug would allow air.


Could really mess up mixture


I have jb welded them in before.  Hate to, but sometimes, ya gotta
 
Fired it up a while ago and it is running much smoother with that soft plug glued in place. I also made a new catch for the raise/lower handle. Got Rust reformer on it right now or I'd have a pic.
 
To save some of my sanity with all that is going on, I played with the Yazoo some more. Sealing the soft plug did wonders. Runs much smother, but is still searching a bit. Had an issue with the deck not setting on the ground properly and looked things over. Seems the driveshaft was bottomed out holding the deck at an angle. So I lengthened the tie rods. That gave an issue with the front not coming down. HMMMMMMM? A bit of thinking and I swapped the mounting for the lift and helper springs. That fixed that. The driveshaft has about a half inch before closing solid. Here's some pics.


Tie rod extension.


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Here's the swap.


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The driveshaft clearance.


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And some of what I mowed with it. First pic doesn't show much. Second is where I made 3 rounds for & aft.


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