flembo
Well-known Member
I am watching a similar thread that sounds similar. This tractor has always been a quick starter and always ran great. I parked it the beginning of April and it sat until July when It refused to start. A spark check showed no spark its been 5 or 6 years since points and plugs were changed so I pulled the distributor and dressed the points that, didn't look to bad I also used Dellwa advise and pulled a dollar bill thru to remove any dirt. It started and ran well so I parked it again. Now October its a no start I I checked gas flow thru carb filling a pint jar in less than 2 minutes. A spark check showed a very week spark Voltage at coil showed 6.4 v and changed back and forth from 6 to about 3 as it cranked. I replaced the points with bluestreak and set gap to .015 and timing per fo4. Now good spark jumps ,187 gap and it starts fast but runs terrible backfiring thru carb and exhaust just barely running. I am not one to just throw parts at it but I decided to try one thing at a time, I have several new parts sitting on the shelf so I tried a new 6 volt coil with no change so then I tried a new cap again no change I even tried a new rotor with no change. my last try was a temporary set of solid core wires tie wrapped to the the tube with no change. Could a bad condenser cause this. I haven't checked compression. The gas looked clean after the flow check thru carb. { I check spark with an old plug set to 3/16"} Any advice is welcomed I am at wits end. Oh Dell wa always said a quick 2 bolt 5 minute job unsnaple the caple and let er dangle. Not for me.