Given what you have said so far, like others have said too,it sounds like the blower drive shaft may have sheared off. I've seen it happen numerous times over the years on customers machines. Like you say you were told happened, they just shut down when the shaft shears because no air can get to into the cylinder without the blower turning. As for trying to start it with ether, if the blower isn't turning then neither the air nor the ether is getting to the cylinder so it can't fire and does absolutely nothing.
That said how do you know for sure there is no emergency shutoff flap on this engine? Do you know what to look for and where to look to tell it's absolutely not there without removing anything. Given it's location there's not really any way to do it without taking enough intake piping off to see wether this feature is there or not. If you do that, you should be able to see the lobes of the blower to tell if they are turning or not. That said, the flap is made into the housing bolted to the side of the blower that takes the rectangular opening of the blower to a round flange. There is then a thin plate with a gasket on each side(one having a coarse screen in it) between the housing and the blower. The flap thenseats/ seals against that plate when it's actuated. I've seen engines where the seal plate is left out making the flap pretty well usless but I've never seen one with the flaps absolutely not there because of the way the whole flap and housing piece of assembled. Like I said if you've got the piping off to the point you can say flap or no flap, you should be able to see if the blower lobes are moving when the engine turns over. In other words if the flap is tripped all you'll see a flat plate. If that's the case there will be a rod sticking out the lower side of the housing with a little lever attached and a spring loaded lock that keeps it latched. If the flap is not tripped you should see the blower lobes behind a mesh screen.
Regardless of wether it has the emergency shutdown flap or not the symptoms you are describing are very typical of exactly what everyone is saying and that is no air/or ether, is getting into the cylinder. To me the fact it won't fire on ether is what leads me to that conclusion as to the problem over anything to do with the fuel rack........other than it being unhooked. Ultimately it sounds like you need someone that knows something ab out the Detroits to give it a once over to both get it running and then to make sure everything is adjusted right given the governor linkage being unhooked, etc, as that all has to be right for the engine to run like it should. Good luck. Wayne
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - An Old-Time Tractor Demonstration - by Kim Pratt. Sam was born in rural Kansas in 1926. His dad was a hard-working farmer and the children worked hard everyday to help ends meet. In the rural area he grew up in, the highlight of the week was Saturday when many people took a break from their work to go to town. It was on one such Saturday in the early 1940's when Sam was 16 years old that he ended up in Dennison, Kansas to watch a demonstration of a new tractor being put on by a local dealer. It was an Allis-Chalmers tractor dealership,
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
