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Posted July 14, 2013 - 08:03 PM
I'm starting a new thread on my 1975 MF16 grass cutter.
It's main job will be to cut the grass.
Tractor is pretty much factory stock, no options on it.
Pictures of when I got it.
Pictures of it now with the mower deck.
Original thread and story of what was done up to this point to make it work as a grass cutter.
http://gardentractor...ther-1975-mf16/
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Elf guardian
Posted July 14, 2013 - 08:08 PM
Looks like it did a nice job cutting.
Now that you've got that going, what's next?
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Posted July 14, 2013 - 08:14 PM
Now that you've got that going, what's next?
Still needs some fine tuning, I want to get it working really good so it can be a dependable reliable turn key tractor for cutting the grass.
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RED Wild Hogs, Horses & Deeres
Posted July 14, 2013 - 08:34 PM
Doug, It's doing a nice job mowing and I bet you are happy to have it earning it's keep. glad you have got it to this point!
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Posted July 15, 2013 - 08:40 PM
Tonight I spent a some time trying to fine tune the motor and got it running better.
1 - Governor I wasn't happy with the way it was working, didn't seem to want to hold the engine rpms steady at high speed so I searched the manual and found that I DID NOT have the initial governor adjustment done right, once I set that the way the manual says it works great.
Got the laser tach, set the high + low rpms and the mixtures, tried it a bit and it's much better.
Also I found that the throttle wouldn't hold at high rpm because the cable would slip back, wouldn't stay at high speed so I squeezed the control rivet with large vise-grips and now it holds position.
2 - Fuel pump is n/g, not pumping anything, right now it's gravity feed but I'm going to get a new one for it so when I cut grass going uphill the carb gets fuel for sure.
3 - Charging circuit I put a regulator in it and now the battery charges like it's suppose to.
4 - Starter solenoid is not so good, sometimes it works and some times it doesn't, so I have to get another one.
Gonna take some time but sooner or later I'll get all the bugs out of this thing.
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Elf guardian
Posted July 15, 2013 - 08:52 PM
1 - Governor I wasn't happy with the way it was working, didn't seem to want to hold the engine rpms steady at high speed so I searched the manual and found that I DID NOT have the initial governor adjustment done right, once I set that the way the manual says it works great.
Which manual? Kohler or MF?
Sounds like you're getting it tuned pretty good.
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Posted July 15, 2013 - 08:57 PM
Which manual? Kohler or MF?
Sounds like you're getting it tuned pretty good.
Kohler for the governor setting
MF for the idle speed, they say 2200rpm and at that speed the tractor doesn't shake very much compared to a bit higher or lower.
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Posted July 30, 2013 - 07:59 PM
Sat on this thing tonight again for 2hrs cutting grass, works good, lots of power and runs smooth and steady.
Seems the more I use it the better it gets, working all the bugs out of it.
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Elf guardian
Posted July 30, 2013 - 09:08 PM
It's paying you back, for all the attention you've been giving it.
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Posted July 30, 2013 - 11:55 PM
You are going to love that puppy for cutting grass.
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Ronald Craig
Posted August 02, 2013 - 09:01 PM
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Posted August 08, 2013 - 08:07 AM
Me too! Great thread! I learned alot.
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Posted September 15, 2013 - 08:10 PM
Today I blew the motor cutting grass. 
I was cutting long grass for about 45 minutes when it started making funny, unusual noise, then the motor slowed up and you could hear it working really hard, I stopped moving, backed up a bit to take some of the load off the engine from the mower deck but it was still running slow and hitting hard, then a one last funny noise and it slowed to a stop.
I cranked it over, sounds like no compression, I removed the spark plug cranked it over again, the exhaust valve goes up and down but no air comes out the spark plug hole.
I don't think the piston is moving.
So now it QUIETLY sits.
Always something goes bad when things are going good.
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Posted September 15, 2013 - 10:18 PM
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RED Wild Hogs, Horses & Deeres
Posted September 15, 2013 - 10:25 PM
So Sorry to hear that Doug, I hope it just lost the rod and didn't damage anything else in the block.
Maybe you better unload the JD216 and just bring me MF16 instead. I'll take a look and see what's wrong with it. I can keep it down here for you where it's warm, it will like that.
