9n distributor problem

[Anonymous-0]

i was told to go on this forum for 9n's i have a 9n 6 volt, front distributor and i have no spark.. i was told on this side there is 2 bolts that hold it on and u can take it off and work on it on bench.. are the bolts external and could someone give me more info? this is my first front mount and i'm confused.. thanks jim

 

[D Lewis]

Yes, there are 2 external bolts. Figure it is like my 8n, one at 2 o'clock and one at about 8 o'clock looking from radiator. I prefer to pull the plug wires, distributor cap, then coil. Remove the two bolts and pull the distributor. When you are done I would suggest putting everything together off the tractor (distributor, cap and coil) and install as a unit. I know I can on my 8n.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

The front distributor was designed to come off of the tractor to replace/adjust the points. Remove the wire on the coil, remove the coil bail, remove the distributor cap & take the two bolts off. The base of the distributor has an offset tang & can only go back one way unless you really force it on. Look at how the points & condenser set in the distributor before you start pulling it down! If this is your first time doing it, draw a sketch! Make sure you are using quality parts; the points should have a phenolic rubbing block & not the cheap white plastic crap. Be careful not to ground the tip of the condenser wire to the body of the distributor when you replace the points. Do not break the little copper strip that goes to the points. (If you do, make another out of the old set of points) Also, make sure the condenser wire does not go through the same opening in the distributor that the coil pig tail does. The condenser wire goes the opening on the top right. Look at the old points; are they burned, pitted or mis-aligned? Check the point gap, .015 on all four lobes. Make sure you have the star washers under the screws on the points.

Next, with the distributor still off the tractor, install the coil. Look at the pigtail on the coil; is it touching the brass screw inside of the distributor? Don’t trust your eyes; test for continuity from the top of the coil to the points. If you do not have continuity, stretch the pigtail a bit until you do. (some people would rather put a small washer under the brass screw) Look at the little tab opposite of the pigtail; bend it a bit also to insure that it will contact the distributor cap. At this point, I just put the distributor, coil & cap all back on the tractor as a unit (it helps to loosen the fan belt). The reason I do this is because it is real easy to get the cap or coil mis-aligned trying to put it back together one piece at a time & the result is something gets broken or you get a ‘no spark’ problem.
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