Okay, so I replaced the switch, points, plugs and wires, and coils after burning the coils out. Fired it up about 4 or 5 days ago, and it ran like a top. I've been starting it every day to make sure everything is still good. Today I went to start it, and it started, and then died out and wouldn't start. It was out of gas. I found that there was a drip at end of the gas line under the hood. Took the hood off and replaced the hose with a new one that appears to be the correct size. Fired it up and thought all was good. Put it back together and before I could get the diesel engine started, the pony motor died out and wouldn't start. It still gets spark to the plug, but it seemed that the front two plugs were wet. I didn't check the back two because they are so hard to get at. I took the front ones off and blew them out, and tried it again, but they still wouldn't fire. Hooked up a cable from the battery to the distributor, and it started. I unhooked the cable from the battery, and after the motor ran for a bit, it was just like you turned the switch off again.
Is there something in the new switch that shuts the voltage down if it gets too hot? I ask because sometimes I can smell hot wires and I'm not sure why that is. I did have to replace the hot wire from the switch to the distributor because it had gotten way too hot when I initially burned things up. I'm certain I hooked the new switch up right, as I had both there and did it wire by wire. It just seemed that it would die out and not start, but after you messed around for a few minutes, it would fire back up, almost like once the switch cooled down, you were good again. Also, what gauge wire should be used from the switch to the distributor terminal? It seems like I used the same size as what I replaced. I'm just so frustrated because I thought I had it fixed and running good and now it's giving me problems after just a few days.
Any help is greatly appreciated as I don't know where to turn since there's nobody around anymore that knows much about these pony motors.
This post was edited by ROSchell on 06/02/2023 at 08:27 pm.
Is there something in the new switch that shuts the voltage down if it gets too hot? I ask because sometimes I can smell hot wires and I'm not sure why that is. I did have to replace the hot wire from the switch to the distributor because it had gotten way too hot when I initially burned things up. I'm certain I hooked the new switch up right, as I had both there and did it wire by wire. It just seemed that it would die out and not start, but after you messed around for a few minutes, it would fire back up, almost like once the switch cooled down, you were good again. Also, what gauge wire should be used from the switch to the distributor terminal? It seems like I used the same size as what I replaced. I'm just so frustrated because I thought I had it fixed and running good and now it's giving me problems after just a few days.
Any help is greatly appreciated as I don't know where to turn since there's nobody around anymore that knows much about these pony motors.
This post was edited by ROSchell on 06/02/2023 at 08:27 pm.