1994 CC 13hp GT problem
 

Folks

My 90 yr old father moved in with us (he's the greatest) and brought with him his 1994 CC 13hp GT.

When you start up the PTO, the engine bogs down and if you try and move forward and cut the grass, the tractor slows down and doesn't have any power.

shut off the PTO and the engine runs great and the tractor moves around very well. Once in a while, if you shut off the tractor, start it back up and engage the PTO, then there is power and it runs and cuts fine.

My dad is very good with small engines and he's owned CC's for decades....but we're stumped.

Any thoughts??

it would help a lot if you had the model number of the tractor and the deck to help fix this unit

What is the model of the Tractor........??? :Huh:

What the others said and Welcome to OCC!

Model 1340 with a 46 inch deck model 336

Thanks for the welcome!!

Try this...

Take the Mower Deck Belt off. Now test your tractor to see if the problems occurs by turning the PTO On/Off. If the problem occurs, then you have a PTO problem.

If the problem doesn't appear, then there is something in driving the mower deck. Mule Drive Pulleys, idler pulley, bad spindle bearings , etc.

Let us know what the "test results" were..

We disconnected the main belt. Ran it with the PTO on and it ran just fine. My dad wants to replace the main and deck belts this morning just to rule those out. The deck is off and each pulley seems to be nice and free.

You have something wrong in the Mule Drive or the Mower Deck.

Have to wait till Monday to get the belts. While the desk is off, dad's going to sharpen the blades. More to come!!! Thanks!

New belts did not help. Dad has the carburetor off now. Still bogs down with any load....even with the pto not engaged, it loses power going up hill.