Murray Tractor runs like crap!

I was just tinkering around the garage, after having this machine flood out the engine with gas last fall, I finally changed the oil, cleaned the bowl and gave it another try. She still runs like crap, really need to take a bit of time and just fix this thing.

Video of it running horribly. At least this thing is easy to push around.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Murray
• Tractor
• Tehcumseh
• Briggs
• Stratton
• Maine
• start
• running
• poorly
• backfire

[piffsterr2]

why are you wearing ear covers lawn tractors ar loud but it that loud???

[Turbo231]

@piffsterr2 Yes...long term exposure to loud things does damage hearing, plus I find the lack of loud more comfortable.

[HillbillySailor]

Did you ever get a plow on this thing?



[Turbo231]

@HillbillySailor Nope. Ended up being more of a riding toy but the engine issues and a slew of other projects pretty much canned this one, the metal was scrapped and the other parts of it such as the trans-axle taken and torn apart to learn more, then scrapped. All that currently remains are the tires.

[MultiKhaz]

Great videos on your channel! Keep it up. I know this video is old, and you probably got rid of the tractor. But the immediate solution was to remove the engine, get your camera ready and smash the Tecumseh engine with a front end loader, then post said video to youtube. "Crappy Tecumseh gets fixed up good"

[Turbo231]

@MultiKhaz Just got rid of this tractor, although pulled all the stuff, including the motor. I moved away, but dad did put a Briggs carburetor on it although he never figured out how to connect the governor again. He didn't film anything and as I said, the tractor body is now scrapped. We'll see where the motor ends up next.

[schindlerman96]

I think all mowers are better if they are a twin I dont care for a single cylinder

[fidoshock321]

lol that must be a tecumseh. ya they are hard to get running right.

[4343Jonathan]

@Turbo231 hey it looks like your burning a rats house lol joking great video

[Turbo231]

@TheMrDoItYourselfer Probably not...seems something is a-miss..might have to just tear the unit down and look for anything going wrong...should be able to turn the engine over by hand or by the starter and make sure it only sucks on the intake and blows out the exhaust...just disconnect the spark plug wire. That way you know mechanically you're good, you're just having combustion/carb issues.