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Old 07-03-2022, 10:08 PM
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I rebuilt my k241. It has new piston and has been bored to .10 over. It also has new, points, rings, rod, spark plug, carb, valves, battery, and I rebuilt starter generator. I set the valves .018 exhaust, and .008 intake. It won't start because it cranks so slow. It will run battery down with just a few cranks. I unhooked the drive shaft and it did start once and ran several minutes but when it died it wouldn't restart. It only cranked a couple time and the battery was run down and was cranking so slow. what wrong with this tractor?
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Old 07-04-2022, 03:54 AM
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Does it turn easily by hand? Possibly sounds like a defective battery, starter, or tight clearances in the engine.
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Old 07-04-2022, 07:14 AM
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First, welcome to OCC........

As we have heard of this hundreds of times, I would check your Battery first. Have it charged and "load tested". If the battery tests good, use it. If not, replace it.

Next, check both your Battery Cables. Check both ends, and makes sure that they are "clean, bright, and tight".

Since you make NO mention of the model of tractor you are working on, general information is the best we can offer.
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What Roland suggested!

Sometimes the starter/generator belt needs tightening.

The other thing you can check is make sure you PTO is disengaged if you have an PTO powered implement hooked up.
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A couple of things come to mind mechanically. If this was just rebuilt was the crankshaft end play properly set with the correct number ( thickness) of gaskets? Also did the rod cap get installed the right way? Don’t mean any disrespect but I’ve seen both these problems cause these little engines crank over really hard.
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What tractor is this 10 horse in??
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Old 07-05-2022, 06:37 PM
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First, welcome to OCC........

As we have heard of this hundreds of times, I would check your Battery first. Have it charged and "load tested". If the battery tests good, use it. If not, replace it.

Next, check both your Battery Cables. Check both ends, and makes sure that they are "clean, bright, and tight".

Since you make NO mention of the model of tractor you are working on, general information is the best we can offer.
Its a cub cadet model 105
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A couple of things come to mind mechanically. If this was just rebuilt was the crankshaft end play properly set with the correct number ( thickness) of gaskets? Also did the rod cap get installed the right way? Don’t mean any disrespect but I’ve seen both these problems cause these little engines crank over really hard.
That what i'm thinking need to tear it apart and see what up. Thanks!
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It's a 105
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Answer post #2 question, does it turn normally by hand with the spark plug out ?
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