MTGreen
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- Joined
- Oct 12, 2022
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- Location
- Montana, USA
- Tractor
- Deere 5220, Ford 1720, Deere Progator 2030
Have a Deere R70/R72 riding mower I recently refurbished. Has a gravity feed tank feeding a now 12hp single cylinder B&S.
Original gas cap was vented and in bad shape. I ordered a replacement part from Deere and got the part that superceded the original which fits but is not vented.
Didn't think much of it until I tried to troubleshoot why it would run great for 30 seconds to a minute then die. Runs great with the cap off but of course that's not a fix.
Thought about just drilling an 1/8" hole in the cap, or drilling a hole and epoxying in a hose nipple attached to some vacuum line.
Anyone have any better ideas?
Original gas cap was vented and in bad shape. I ordered a replacement part from Deere and got the part that superceded the original which fits but is not vented.
Didn't think much of it until I tried to troubleshoot why it would run great for 30 seconds to a minute then die. Runs great with the cap off but of course that's not a fix.
Thought about just drilling an 1/8" hole in the cap, or drilling a hole and epoxying in a hose nipple attached to some vacuum line.
Anyone have any better ideas?