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    Tractor doesn't have a lot of power

    The tractor is a front mount dist and can't get it wrong. There are no teeth like a normal dist!
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    Tractor doesn't have a lot of power

    Ok so I just checked the spark plugs and found that one is not sparking! Would that one bad plug cause me to to loose that much power??? I haven't replaced yet fixing to go get another just curious if that one plug would make all the difference!!! And the spark in the other have a bright blue...
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    Tractor doesn't have a lot of power

    Ok so I just checked the spark plugs and found that one is not sparking! Would that one bad plug cause me to to loose that much power??? I haven't replaced yet fixing to go get another just curious if that one plug would make all the difference!!!
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    Tractor doesn't have a lot of power

    I have a ford 8N with a front mount dist and has been converted over ro a 12v system that I am borrowing and have had to do a lot of work to it like replacing the coil due to no ballist resistor and it now has a ballist resistor I also have replaced the ceramic one as well, replaced the wires...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    Well finally this tractor runs again!!!! Figured first thing I would do hater I finally got it to start as stated in my last post when It had no power I would rebuild carb, so I did, and what would you know that did the trick!! This thing runs better now than it did before! I found dirt, carbon...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    The spark plugs we bought we bought from O'Rieleys and the only had the NGK OR NKG well something like that! Spark looked good to me last night! I'm probably gonna end up taking carb apart and clean it! We found that fuel line to carb seemed to be clogged a week ago when we first started having...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    Ok.... So I started to mess with tractor after work today and through some testing I found that we were in deed fouling out the plugs! I cleaned plugs and reinstalled and no better! Them found that plugs were bad! One plug had nothing and two were pretty weak and one was still pretty good so...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    I never changed part just replaced with new one! I guess the ballist resistor on back of dash was never used I'm assuming cause when I found out there was a resistor back there I looked and there wasn't anything attached and I check for continuity and I got nothing so I think it's bad! The...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    Ok so my dad went on a head and bought a new 12v square top coil and a new resister the ceramic one and the repair place gave us a wiring diagram of how a 12v system is supposed to be wired and found what is supposed to be another resister I think right behind where the ignition switch and...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    Ok so after going through your checklist everything seems to be good!!! I did have dist off and coil attached and grounded it to see if I can see spark on contacts in dist and I dd see some but when I did it was petty weak!! I talked to the guy tht owns the tractor and he just now remembered...
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    Ok thanks ill try them when I get back to working on it! I'm working now! I'll post on here when I get the results!!
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    Ford 8N ignition issues

    I have a ford 8N tractor with a front mount distributor I am having issues with! I am borrowing it from a friend and he doesn't have time to help me figure out what the deal is with it! I don't know hardly anything bout tractors but whats going on is when I first got the tractor it ran good for...
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