I was given a MTD Lawn tractor and I'm trying to get it running. I think it's been sitting up for a while. I've worked on small carburetors before so on this one I'm wondering where the fuel pump is. I poured fuel down the carburetor and presto. It runs great until the fuel runs out so I must have a fuel deprivation/carburetor problem, or so I'm thinking. I changed the fuel filter and used fresh fuel but it does the same. What should I check next? Thanks.
MTD Briggs and Stratton 18 hp starts but won't stay running
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Running it and using fuel aditive really helped. Thanks.
On my recent post,which I can't find, it wouldn't turn over. So many things were intermittent. I repalced soleniod and ignition switch before I was getting 12V to the starter consistantly, so I replaced the starter. Didn't work. I said WTF. Took jumper cables to make a new ground form the starter to the battery. I cleaned, yet again, the ground cable connections. Same results. Bought a new ground cable and installed. Hey, Finally! We all know to check the ground connections but I never figured the cable would be bad, as it looked fine. I was getting 12V to the starter everytime, when I turned the ignition switch. New ground cable fixed it. Thanks for all your inputs.