Joshinmaine
New User
Hi,
I am new here because I've exhausted my mechanical abilities which I thought would get me through this.
I parked my tractor last winter and it was running just fine as it has been for 5 years. This year it wouldn't start. It turns over just fine.
When I tried starting it the coil wire got hot and let out some smoke so I assumed I had a short somewhere. I've replaced the coil, cap, rotor, wires, points, and condenser. The plugs are a bit sooted but no worse than they were when it was running. I ran a new coil wire from the battery to the coil using a wing nut on the terminal as my ignition switch.
The previous owner had disconnected the generator so I just switch out the battery when it dies as he did.
He was also running 12 volts without modifications so I continued. It ran well like this for my 5 years of ownership until this summer.
Even after replacing the listed parts the new wire still gets hot so I assume I have a short somewhere.
This is such a simple system yet I can't figure out what's wrong.
Any ideas out there?
I am new here because I've exhausted my mechanical abilities which I thought would get me through this.
I parked my tractor last winter and it was running just fine as it has been for 5 years. This year it wouldn't start. It turns over just fine.
When I tried starting it the coil wire got hot and let out some smoke so I assumed I had a short somewhere. I've replaced the coil, cap, rotor, wires, points, and condenser. The plugs are a bit sooted but no worse than they were when it was running. I ran a new coil wire from the battery to the coil using a wing nut on the terminal as my ignition switch.
The previous owner had disconnected the generator so I just switch out the battery when it dies as he did.
He was also running 12 volts without modifications so I continued. It ran well like this for my 5 years of ownership until this summer.
Even after replacing the listed parts the new wire still gets hot so I assume I have a short somewhere.
This is such a simple system yet I can't figure out what's wrong.
Any ideas out there?