1969 Bolens 850 - Wisconsin S8D Engine Starting Problems, Part III

This video was created because my 1969 Bolens 850 has not been run in over 3 years after I ran into major problems while snowblowing with it one winter when we got some heavy snowfall. I originally thought that I had blown the engine in the tractor. It has been sitting in the garage ever since and I thought that it may need a complete engine rebuild. I finally decided to try to work on getting the engine running again so that I can start using this tractor again after all these years.

As you will see though, the Wisconsin S8D engine is having some major problems trying to start and it doesn't sound right to me at all. Even after the engine finally starts up, it still sounds like it isn't running under full power, but it does at least seem to run okay once it does start, which is even more bizarre to me. I was also unable to test it under a load at all at this time to see how the engine would run under those circumstances.

Hopefully, someone will have some idea of what is wrong with this engine and how I can fix it so that it will run as good as new again and start right up like it is supposed to. I would appreciate any help that I can get with this 48 year old engine!


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