No spark

[HFJ]

(quoted from post at 17:33:50 07/04/23)

I carry small and large gauge jumper wires w/alligator clips in my Ns toolbox.

Also a short large gauge, to jump around the genny cutout if it goes bad.

i have a junk bolt velcroed to one of my mowers in case i need to jump the solenoid

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 16:38:08 07/04/23)

(quoted from post at 17:33:50 07/04/23)

I carry small and large gauge jumper wires w/alligator clips in my Ns toolbox.

Also a short large gauge, to jump around the genny cutout if it goes bad.

i have a junk bolt velcroed to one of my mowers in case i need to jump the solenoid

You have been caught on camera jumping it:

 

[HFJ]

(quoted from post at 18:00:22 07/04/23)
You have been caught on camera jumping it:

i was catching some big air that day.

 

[Mad Farmer]

(quoted from post at 14:00:22 07/04/23)

(quoted from post at 16:38:08 07/04/23)

(quoted from post at 17:33:50 07/04/23)

I carry small and large gauge jumper wires w/alligator clips in my Ns toolbox.

Also a short large gauge, to jump around the genny cutout if it goes bad.

i have a junk bolt velcroed to one of my mowers in case i need to jump the solenoid

You have been caught on camera jumping it:

Get the selenoid with the button on the bottom so you don't need to jump it.

 

[Mad Farmer]

(quoted from post at 14:00:22 07/04/23)

(quoted from post at 16:38:08 07/04/23)

(quoted from post at 17:33:50 07/04/23)

I carry small and large gauge jumper wires w/alligator clips in my Ns toolbox.

Also a short large gauge, to jump around the genny cutout if it goes bad.

i have a junk bolt velcroed to one of my mowers in case i need to jump the solenoid

You have been caught on camera jumping it:

Get the selenoid with the button on the bottom so you don't need to jump it.

 

[HFJ]

(quoted from post at 01:37:15 07/05/23)

Get the selenoid with the button on the bottom so you don't need to jump it.

this was a craigslist free to a good home mower. i'm just being a stubborn *^@%$ and not replacing it to see how long i can keep it free. no more effort to jump the terminals, which are adjacent, with the head of a bolt on the occasions i need to

 

[Tall T]

No solenoid just a big red button.
Love my truck starter; just two square copper blocks that come together and when I release the button I'm mechanically pulling the bendix away from the ring gear so my bendix lasts forever.

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 16:13:14 07/05/23) No solenoid just a big red button.
Love my truck starter; just two square copper blocks that come together and when I release the button I'm mechanically pulling the bendix away from the ring gear so my bendix lasts forever.

40s Chebby? Much like Farmall M did it. ....and probably many others back when.

 

[Tall T]

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Good to know!
The van is a '51 Chebby 3/4 ton and the engine a late '53, 235 . . . now a 240.8. 1st engine I ever rebuilt.

So when this engine was in my '53 the button was by the gas pedal
so with this cab forward, the button wound up there so I cut a slot in the cowl to accommodate it.
That red arm is just an upside down '58 Austin gas pedal assembly
making it easier to reach down from the seat and with the leverage making it way easier.

T

 

[Caroline Chamblin]

Yes I thought I had tried this but I guess I
better start writing things down in a notebook
instead of pieces of paper that go in my
pocket.

 

[Caroline Chamblin]

Was that a 6 or 12 volt square can coil from
NAPA?

 

[Mad Farmer]

(quoted from post at 11:58:26 07/06/23) Was that a 6 or 12 volt square can coil from
NAPA?

6V don't have part # was an Echlin.

Standard might have coils, @ O'Riellys. FD-475 6V front mount

https://www.pageturnpro.com/SMP/83969-FarmIndustrial-Small-Engines-(FIS-93)-r2/sdefault.html#page/126

 

[Caroline Chamblin]

I'm curious though, was it square or round?

 

[HFJ]

i'm guessing it was square. i've never heard anyone refer to a round coil as having a pigtail

 

[Caroline Chamblin]

Ok that was stupid of me. I searched and searched for echlin could and never saw any square ones. There are Balkamp brand at NAPA.

 

[Jim L WA]

(quoted from post at 08:06:01 07/07/23) Ok that was stupid of me. I searched and searched for echlin could and never saw any square ones. There are Balkamp brand at NAPA.

Balkamp is probably correct. Hope that solves your problem.

 

[Caroline Chamblin]

I'm not buying it yet , going to test more.
I'm getting clip leads as it's hard for me to
keep probe leads steady on the item being
tested. Thank you for your encouragement.

 

[lastcowboy32]

(quoted from post at 09:49:49 07/07/23) I'm not buying it yet , going to test more.
I'm getting clip leads as it's hard for me to
keep probe leads steady on the item being
tested. Thank you for your encouragement.

Bench testing a coil?

I mean... sure, you can test primary resistance, secondary resistance, maybe even setup something like points to make/break contact and see if it produces a spark that will jump a gap.

But many coils, especially ones that fail after a little operation have deep seated emotional issues. Your testing would either have to include some kind of temperature test, where you warm it up and see what happens... or some form of crude hipot (high potential) test to see if there is winding to winding or interwinding leakage (insulation breakdown).

I tip my hat to anybody that wants to take that on, because... I don't know enough to know if my paragraph above would be a complete test.

 

[lastcowboy32]

Alternatively, if you are using clip leads for in-situ testing on the tractor, they'll hopefully save you a ton of trouble.

 

[JMOR]

Somewhat of a bench test........ guess it would warm up if I let it run long enough.

right click on small square ans direct to "open image in new tab or use the link.
https://i.imgur.com/UiysZMF.mp4 This post was edited by JMOR on 07/07/2023 at 12:49 pm.