Good Morning everyone,
I have a John Deere L108 that is an older tractor. The mower sat for about a year and half in storage before i got it. First time mowing it did fine for about the first 10-15 minutes cutting grass but i noticed as i was going up hill you could see some faint white smoke coming out as it went up hill. Roughly 15 minutes into mowing it threw a rather large white ball of smoke out of it and started sputtering and died. I let it sit a few minutes and tried to at least get it back to the garage and it would only run for a few minutes and stop again and again. I've taken carb off and cleaned it out, new fuel filter, new fuel pump, oil change and filter, cleaned the solenoid on the bottom of the carb and it will now run for about 5-10 minutes cutting grass but then it will bog down after few minutes and quit. I've even tried rigging the seat safety switch and the reverse switch and it is still causing problems. Almost forgot i also changed out one of my deck spindles that seemed to be garbage. If anyone could have any other ideas to check I would appreciate very much.
I have a John Deere L108 that is an older tractor. The mower sat for about a year and half in storage before i got it. First time mowing it did fine for about the first 10-15 minutes cutting grass but i noticed as i was going up hill you could see some faint white smoke coming out as it went up hill. Roughly 15 minutes into mowing it threw a rather large white ball of smoke out of it and started sputtering and died. I let it sit a few minutes and tried to at least get it back to the garage and it would only run for a few minutes and stop again and again. I've taken carb off and cleaned it out, new fuel filter, new fuel pump, oil change and filter, cleaned the solenoid on the bottom of the carb and it will now run for about 5-10 minutes cutting grass but then it will bog down after few minutes and quit. I've even tried rigging the seat safety switch and the reverse switch and it is still causing problems. Almost forgot i also changed out one of my deck spindles that seemed to be garbage. If anyone could have any other ideas to check I would appreciate very much.