No use barbing one another, but to my fault, I failed to mention it had a loader on it preventing me from even getting to the points, condenser etc,..Maybe if I had mentioned that, somebody may have had a suggestion on how to get the loader off without it falling down or tearing something up. It is a 143 loader without a parking stand and I can't find a stand for it anywhere. As far as the brake issue. I would have had to take it to a dealer anyway because I am not equipped with stands, jacks, etc that would have enabled me to get to the brakes. The dealer did give me a break on the labor as he reduced the labor down from 175/hr. to 145/hr. Seems this particular dealer has a rate of 145 for classic tractors and 175 for modern tractors. They replaced everything concerning the ignition system except the distributor as they said they didn't think it had been tuned up in years judging by the looks of things. I'll try to do better in the future and if I frustrated or offended anyone, I apologize.
That was decent of the dealer to give you the lower labor rate.
Do you have the Operator's Manual for the 143 loader? Do you understand that the parking stand only supports the lift arm frame (boom), that the uprights and boom cylinders stay in place on the tractor? If you don't have a copy, send me a PM and I will tell you where to get a copy.
In case you have a need to remove your loader in the future. I have tractors with 145 loaders, a 148 loader, and another similar loader on a 301A, none have parking stands. Having more than one loader does allow using one to remove another, but I have removed them without using another loader. Do you have a tree with a good-sized limb you can park under? Use a 1-ton chain fall or com-a-longs hung from the limb to hold the loader up, attaching to the arms near the upright. Some people have built gantry type frames to hang their loader from. I know a guy that built a place to hang his loader, inside the shed where he parked the tractor, for removal and storage. I have put a bucket under something the loader can't lift and used the loader hydraulics to lift the loader uprights off the mounts, backed the tractor away from the loader, then blocked under the uprights when the tractor was clear. Doing that does require longer (or extension) hoses on the supply and return to the valve during removing and installing the loader. Even if you had a parking stand, the tractor has to be running to use it to mount or dismount the loader. If you hang the loader, you need something to pull a dead tractor out from under the loader. Or something able to lug the loader away from the tractor.
Mentioning the loader might have helped, you would have gotten suggestions like the ones I gave you here, but loaders don't have to come off to do a tune-up. I will say that I feel I have a good idea of the difficulties of doing a tune-up on a JD like your 1020. The other day I put points and condenser in a dead 301A (basically the same 3-cylinder tractor as your 1020) setting on a trailer and I didn't remove the loader. I have done tune-ups on a 1520 and 2020 without removing the loaders. Access to the distributor is not as easy as doing a tractor without a loader, but easier than removing and reinstalling a loader just to do a tune-up, at least for me.
I wasn't trying to barb you and apologize if it came across that way. Back in November when we were trying to help you work through this, you left us waiting for some info from you. As I posted near the beginning of the thread "We don't know your skill set or available tooling." It sounds like the dealer did a tune-up of the ignition to get it running. We were trying to determine that was needed, we didn't know of your issue with the loader. Did they remove the loader to do the tune-up? We went from you saying you would have a picture in a day or two last November to here, 9 months later, that you took it to the dealer. On this side of the fence that kind of comes across as our info and suggestions were no good. That showed in wore out's post and was furthered by your reply to it. The more, clear info you can provide the less likely there will be misunderstandings. I work the ignition systems of those tractors with the loader on, I never thought there was any reason someone couldn't, or if there was, they would say there was a reason they couldn't. If the loader mounts don't attach to or block removing the axle housings, I wouldn't remove the loader to do the brakes. Better to give what you think might be too much info when asking for advice on a forum. You are the eyes, ears, and hands for the group. Speak up if you don't understand or have a problem, so we can do better in our efforts as we try to help.
I would still be interested in seeing a picture of what the part you replaced is, the one that you said the dealer called an ignition solenoid, in case it comes up again.
