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    8N ignition problem

    Back with an update. It was indeed the ballast resistor. I made the mistake of ordering a cheap one from a well-known online retailer named after a South American river that was deficient in every possible way... ordered another from this site and had a much better result. Tractor runs better...
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    8N ignition problem

    Thanks. I bypassed the key first thing, got battery voltage to the key side of the resistor. Put a jumper wire from the coil side of resistor to the coil. No spark, and voltage was on the low side <2.5V. Sparks great when I bypass the resistor and go straight to the coil. New resistor comes...
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    8N ignition problem

    To bypass any poor wiring connections I ran a wire from the negative battery terminal to the top right pole of the OEM ballast resistor. Then another wire from the top left pole of the resistor to the coil. No spark. Hot wired the coil to the battery again - strong spark. Resistor reads 4.5...
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    8N ignition problem

    I see. I must have gotten the voltages backwards for points closed vs open. Points open gives me 6.23 everywhere. Closed: 6.23 between battery terminals 6.20 at ballast resistor (battery side) 2.45 at ballast resistor (coil wire side) 2.45 at coil terminal
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    8N ignition problem

    8N, front distributor, 6V positive ground. You all were very helpful the last time I had ignition problems a couple of years back, so I'm hoping you have some insight into my new problem. Tractor was running reasonably OK until after it sat for a few weeks. Now no spark. Here's what I've done so...
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    8N/9N hydraulic leak, followed directions but still stum

    So I went back today and got the hose on tight over the relief valve. Raised a 5' brush hog almost to the top of the lifting range, disengaged the PTO lever, and waited for it to sink down to the ground (a minute or two). No liquid in the hose, so I'm going to guess the relief valve is fine. If...
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    8N/9N hydraulic leak, followed directions but still stum

    @old - Can't see any movement in the oil with the tractor off and an implement up. @MHB - I have 9N hydraulic innards in an 8N, so maybe that's why things are out of wack? The arms don't even start to lift until the control lever is more than halfway up. Always been like that since I've had...
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    8N/9N hydraulic leak, followed directions but still stum

    Same old story, have a Ford 8N with lift arms that sink down fast (&lt;10 seconds) when they have a heavy implement on them. Somewhere along the line someone switched in a 9N hydraulic pump and linkage. I looked at Bruce's 75 tips and found tip #16 on troubleshooting the hydraulics system, which...
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    8N starting issues

    RESOLVED: I was experimenting a bit today and it turns out that I was flooding the engine by pulling the choke out too far when starting. Apparently instead of yanking it out briefly, I only need to pull on the knob slowly until it's about 3/4 of the way out and she'll start right up. Thanks...
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    8N starting issues

    Hi everyone, took me a while to get back to this but here goes. Still having trouble, so here's a video of what's going on: https://youtu.be/kBvuou2732c I'm jumping the starter from my car battery since I seem to get farther that way than when cranking from the tractor battery (maybe because...
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    8N starting issues

    Bumping this thread one more time to see if anyone has any more ideas before I give up. Tractor still won't run. To recap: - I've got a strong spark to all four plugs, measured with the adjustable gap plug checker. Plugs are new AL 437s, gapped to .025. - Fuel is getting into the bowl of the...
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    8N starting issues

    Don't laugh... I was rushing a bit yesterday and didn't connect the top terminal of the coil when I tested for spark. Spotted it first thing today and hooked it up, sparking great now. :roll: (OK, you can laugh.) Problem is I still can't get it to run, even after swapping out the old...
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    8N starting issues

    Thanks everyone for the advice. For the update, I'm still not getting a spark. I got the adjustable spark tester, same result as the opened-up plug: nothing. A couple of times I got a very weak and inconsistent spark with the tester opened &lt;1/16", but that's it. I went back out with the...
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    8N starting issues

    Yes, the battery is charged and reads 6.4 volts. Also reads 6.4 at the coil so I guess the points are open. How do I get them to close so I can take the other measurement? Do I just crank the engine until I can get a different reading? I would think this has been ruled out since it still...
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    8N starting issues

    Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant battery voltage, which is about 7V (my multimeter is analog, so it's not that precise). Here's what I've found so far: - Continuity from battery to coil (with ignition on) - 0.5 ohms resistance through the coil - I followed your directions in this thread on how to...
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