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butchs38
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sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby butchs38 » Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:24 am

New to forum great info
I bought a 1950 cub no smoke or miss but at idle about every 5 to 10 seconds it sputters and when it does it sucks in through exhaust. High speed seems to be ok no problems under load. I checked jets all clean the guy i bought it from said he just did a tune up. What could be causing this i dont think its a burnt valve because it doesn't do it constantly. I'm thinking more in the lines of a sticky valve or weak valve springs.

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Willy
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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby Willy » Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:07 am

Mine's been doing that but it runs good, so it's something I keep an eye on just in case.
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Nah, it's not leaking oil. It's just marking it's territory.

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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby Urbish » Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:16 am

I'd say sticky valve. Very easy to remove tappet cover and watch the valvetrain action while turning it over.
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butchs38
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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby butchs38 » Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:23 am

thanks will look into that i just check points they were off a little and coil was hooked up backwards neg to points. will post outcome.

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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby jsfarmall » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:11 am

All of mine have negative post going to.distributor.
1948 Cub "Trusty"
1948 Cub "Rusty" mower tractor, trimmed ear dash
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butchs38
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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby butchs38 » Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:11 pm

from what i understand is with + ground the distributor is suppose to go to + side is this correct. anyway it still sputters must be valve related. i haven't checked for sticky valve yet

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Re: sputters and sucking in through exhaust

Postby staninlowerAL » Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:20 pm

Is the tractor pos ground or neg ground? Coil should be connected the same way as the battery.
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