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deatons welding in decatur, Texas

36 months ago

Ok guys need some help here im at my wits end with this dang machine. It will run good for awhile then it starts cuting out real bad then it dies. It'l start back up but it only runs for awhile then dies again. Seems like everytime i kill it it takes more spins to get it runin again. I have just changed the mag, rebuilt the carburetor, all new plugs & wires, new pc board, & ignition switch. Anybody have any idea what else could be wrong?

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g.reneau in Lilburn, Georgia

36 months ago

magnitos

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deatons welding in decatur, Texas

36 months ago

i just changed it^^^^^^^^^

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deatons welding in decatur, Texas

36 months ago

Jared Finley in Denton, Texas said: whats the year of the machine

early 80s

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deatons welding in Eldorado, Arkansas

36 months ago

deatons welding in decatur, Texas said: early 80s

anywhere from an 83-85

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tom in Belle Center, Ohio

35 months ago

fuel pump or gravity feed ? either way check for fuel output from the pump and the tank. i had one machine an old hobart i took the fuel line loose at the tank and pulled out a small limb! other kinds of trash can get sucked in to fuel line and starve it for fuel

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charles young in colquitt, Georgia

35 months ago

deatons welding in decatur, Texas said: Ok guys need some help here im at my wits end with this dang machine. It will run good for awhile then it starts cuting out real bad then it dies. It'l start back up but it only runs for awhile then dies again. Seems like everytime i kill it it takes more spins to get it runin again. I have just changed the mag, rebuilt the carburetor, all new plugs & wires, new pc board, & ignition switch. Anybody have any idea what else could be wrong?

if it has an oil bath air filter on it, take the filter bowl and filter out, clean well with mineral spirits or gas, blow filter out with air and fill the oil bowl up to full mark with 30 wt. oil. i have to do the same with mine from running long hours at a time in the mining industry. if it doesn't work let me know

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thermalfutionEng. in Los Angeles, California

35 months ago

sounds like the intake/exhuast manifold might have a big leak at the block. Run
your engine and spray the block/manifold area with some stater fluid. if your engine revs up you found your problem! use small spurts!!

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thermalfutionEng. in Los Angeles, California

35 months ago

Have you swaped out the fuel filter?

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jbyerly in Dallas, Texas

32 months ago

I have a 84 model 200 and i had the same problem with mine and changed most of the same parts you have changed. I ended up puttin about 1000 dollars worth of parts and labor!! I was on a job in Fort Worth and realized what it was,,, I had put a new carb. and fuel line and the fuel line was about 6 inches to long and on a 200 it is gravity fed. The line needs to run down from the bowl straight to the carb no loops and "U" shapes in it... I cut mine and made it a straight shot to the carb and had zero problems after that. Hope this helps!!

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alloyd in Harrodsburg, Kentucky

30 months ago

might want to change your points and be especially careful to get the gap right cant remember off the top of my head what the spec for the gap is but my machine did the same thing and that fixed it right up

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yockeyjones@hotmail.com in Grand Junction, Colorado

29 months ago

do all of the above,moisture or carbon tracking in distributor cap is a good place to look also,once you got er going again, keep some fuel stabalizer in it i use seafoam,get it at most good part stores,it will pay for its self and save you some shame in the future.

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tacoinusa in San Antonio, Texas

29 months ago

did you find the problem? if you did like to know what you did to fix it.

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Hobo Hilton in Cornelius, Oregon

26 months ago

Do you have both fuel (gasoline) and fire (spark plug) when it stops running?

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Ladd Anderson in Denver, Colorado

4 months ago

Hobo Hilton in Cornelius, Oregon said: Do you have both fuel (gasoline) and fire (spark plug) when it stops running?

Ive had 4 welders with the same problem. they sit on a farm or wherever and varnish or rust the tank. the best thing I found to do with a machine that has sat a long time is to rebuild the carb and clean the sedament bowl. then put a good fuel filter on the fuel line to prevent the needle and seat in the carb from sticking. anything in steel tanks or rusty lines will find their way into the needle and seat if their is not a good filter even if you cleaned the carb out and assume everything is clean.

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