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In Reply to: JD 318 Power Loss posted by R. miller on Sunday, September 30, 2001:
: After JD 318 gets hot usually after running about
: 15-20 minutes the tractor starts to lose power as
: if pulling a real heavy load and lugs down and
: starts to run poorly and miss. I belief the
: carburetor may need some work but when it loses power I do not see
: any black smoke as if the carburetor is flooding.
: Any ideas?
: I just went thru the same problem with my 318. Change the coil. They cost 94.00 but it solved my problem. A fellow I work with went thru this and after testing everything, including his coil, he could not fix it. The john Deere dealer even checked his coil and it checked out fine. The problem is that only after a period of time heating up does the coil goes bad. That is why it checked out fine at the dealer. He changed his coil and It worked. So did I. If you are worried about spending that much money at first then see if you can borrow a used one from someone. As a last resort , if coil does not work, look into valve adjustments. Now my tractor runs like a Deere.