lo boy 154 stalling out when put under load

Anyway, my IH 154 lo boy starts to die out on me when I engage the mower deck. I nurse the engage lever slowly to keep it running. When I put it in gear and start to let the clutch out, it really has trouble staying running. I disassembled and cleaned the carb, no help. The points look fine. It runs ok for the first 5-10 minutes then when it warms up it dies out. I'm new to the 154 lo-boy. Any ideas? Any help is appreciated.

Thnaks

Thanks.

You may just have a tired engine and low compression.. or it may have sat a while and have stuck rings. if so.. put some MMO down the spark plug holes and let it set a day.. stuff some paper towell into the holes to keep dirt out.. roll the engine over a tad to move the cyls an inch or so.. re-top off with MMO wait another day..then take an old towel you don't wan't and roll the cyls over gently with the towel over the head to soak up all that MMO oil that's gonna leak out. Reinstall plugs and go.

If it is still weak, check the carb adjustment.

Cheap ATF Tranny oil works 95% as good as MMO.. and is way cheaper.

Soundguy