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    '41 AR

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    1949 8N with No Spark

    Turn on your ignition without cranking. You should see three amps discharge on your dashboard ammeter. (This current reading will tell you everything voltage or resistance readings can tell you, and you obtain it EFFORTLESSLY and INSTANTLY every time you throw the switch!) So throw the switch...
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    Mildly OT: Ready for Fall!

    I spent the morning getting the Super C ready for fall; pulled the bedders, checked the tires and fluids, etc. This afternoon I plan to run the Rotocycle through the garden and the bit between the orchard and the highway. Working on Model C always brings up the contrast between the user...
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    Smoking and Compression Test

    With the board's permission, a couple of Bruce's observations are so important that reiteration is not without merit. Quote: "First off, don't run it anymore." Quote: "And, I don't think I'd replace (just) one sleeve." Thank you.
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    8N CONDENSOR

    You mention 4 volts at the coil, but don"t say whether this is constant or varies when you crank. If you CONSTANTLY have a steady four volts at the coil when cranking, your points are shorted or not opening properly or there is a short elsewhere in the system. If the voltmeter shows the full...
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    No 8N power

    Sorry. I meant, "The Ford flat-head four will run on two cylinders, but generally won't run on only one."
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    No 8N power

    If it was truly hitting on only one cylinder, the engine probably would not run. The Ford flathead four (and most other simple four cylinder engines) will generally run on two cylinders, but not on only one. I think soundguy is probably right here; check the firing order. 1-2-4-3 with number...
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    My Super A just doesn't want to plough..

    georgeky and others will no doubt remember along with me when almost all plowing, cultivating, etc., was only done easily and efficiently within a realively narrow range of soil moisture. This was in the days when most large tractors were still using drag-behind plows, and all but the newest...
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    FINALLY MY H WORKING! THANKS TO ALL!

    I am happy to hear this. I am ALSO happy to observe you are apparenlty paying attention to your dashboard ammeter. So many people, when they first encounter what they think is an electrical problem, start unscrewing and replacing caps, rotors, coils, condensors, etc., etc., without really...
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    Bucking Bronco 8N, help?

    Sorry we can't narrow it down for you more. But over the internet... Quote: "...Open valve and get a steady trickle , about the size of a skinny night crawler worm...." I have no idea what size worms get to be in your part of the country, but you should see a steady STREAM about the diameter...
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    ignition switch

    I also expressed myself badly. I said, "...done by individuals with no experience..." when I meant "...DESIGNED by people with no experience..." My apologies to all.
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    ignition switch

    Surely Gary meant, "may not," not "will not." A simple mistake. I know how he feels. I am always reluctant to try and help people with twelve-volt conversions. I've never done one, and I've seen damn few of them done by inexperienced individuals that were not problematic. Now, conversions...
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    9N/8N Starting problems

    Quote: "Ampmeter, while still in store box pegged at -5 amps. Immediatley after starting the ampmeter still pegs at -5 amps. So esentially "0"" What? It sure sounds like somebody fried that ammeter, returned it as defective, and it was put back in the box and out for sale. These are ZERO...
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    no fire

    What does your dashboard ammeter say? Turn on the ignition without cranking. You should see three amps discharge on the standard six volt ignition system. The reading may vary a little with a twelve volt, but will be in that ball park. No discharge? Points are not closing properly, are bad, or...
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    Running with the choke out

    None of the suggestions above are out of line. They are all sound advice. For me, though, it"s all about TIME. I want to fix things as quickly as possible. In order to do this, it is necessary to ISOLATE the source of the problem BEFORE adjusting, replacing, etc., etc., otherwise one is...
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