Help! 1450 straight died

[John Wheeler]

My 1450 died on me today. No signs. Not even a sputter. I have yet to start monkeying with it. I was hoping for some inside info. The video is the attempt to restart. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[cubs4lifeofme]

Fuel or Spark

 

[wh cc guy]

Check at the sparkplug for spark. That will tell you which direction to go to next.

 

[1811Cub]

My 1450 died on me today. No signs. Not even a sputter. I have yet to start monkeying with it. I was hoping for some inside info. The video

Sounds like it has some compression ruling out a broken rod. Probably some junk in the carb or fuel system, or defective points. Could also be fouled spark plug.

 

[gary noblit]

John, the guys said it. start with spark by grounding spark plug..If you have spark, put plug back in ,a short shot of carb cleaner in carb throat...if it fires it means it's in your fuel delivery system....?????? If it doesn't spark it's most likely in your points/cond/coil system...You have to prove one at a time to diagnose

 

[glippert]

Check the wire going from the coil to the points. I once had one get pinched and short out where it passes through from the coil side to the points side.

 

[John Wheeler]

Sounds like it has some compression ruling out a broken rod. Probably some junk in the carb or fuel system, or defective points. Could also be fouled spark plug.

I’m going with this theory on a piece of crud. It restarted this am and I drove it back across the street. Cleaned plug which wasn’t bad at all. Ran great the rest of the day! It’s getting a rebuild as soon as I can get the money for one.

 

[mgonitzke]

If it runs great, why do you want to rebuild the engine? Your issues here are related to some ancilliary component of the engine or the tractor's wiring, and not something internal to the engine.

 

[1811Cub]

If it does not blow blue smoke, leak at every gasket, knock, piston slap, or lack power, I would leave it alone, and just treat it to a full tune up and enjoy.

 

[Stevenovick1]

John don’t leave that 1450 in the daisy field !!

 

[digger]

The FIRST thing to do with a 1450 or any other QL is to wiggle the PTO switch while turning the key to start it. The PTO switch controls everything in the starting circuit.

 

[PACub100]

If it runs great, why do you want to rebuild the engine? Your issues here are related to some ancilliary component of the engine or the tractor's wiring, and not something internal to the engine.

I think he meant carb rebuild...

 

[PACub100]

Yes, you could hear it trying to fire at the very end of each cycle. And that it ran the next day, seems almost certainly a good carb and fuel system cleaning is in order.

 

[mgonitzke]

I think he meant carb rebuild...

He implied he was waiting until he had the money for one. I get that for a $300-$1k engine rebuild. Not a $13 carb kit. One who cannot afford a $13 carb kit should probably find a different hobby.

 

[John Wheeler]

If it runs great, why do you want to rebuild the engine? Your issues here are related to some ancilliary component of the engine or the tractor's wiring, and not something internal to the engine.

Agreed

 

[John Wheeler]

He implied he was waiting until he had the money for one. I get that for a $300-$1k engine rebuild. Not a $13 carb kit. One who cannot afford a $13 carb kit should probably find a different hobby.

You are correct. After 40 years, is a full rebuild really out of line? That said, I’m doing the standard LOF this week including hydro