hoppershot75
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I need some help with a TO20 that I am working on. Here is a little back ground. I drove the tractor into my garage to give it a good going over (see my other post "Freshing up a TO20") and have repaired and got it all back together. However now I have ran into a new issue. I have lost spark. First off I would like to admit that I am no mechanic my strengths are simply replacing broken parts with new ones and my diagnosis skills are weak but I'm willing to learn.
Let me describe my problem and maybe I should have left well enough alone. I rewired the tractor. While rewiring it I took one wire off at a time and replaced it with a new one. I soldered the ends on. After rewiring it I tried the start the tractor and found that I had no spark. So I replaced the points and condenser. Tried again still no spark. Then I burned up the starter. Got a new starter. I then put on a new coil, resistor and starter switch. Still no spark. Now I am out of ideas.
Some other things of interest: I am getting voltage to the points. I found this out while setting the points with the key on. I put the gauge between the points and got a little zap. Also this tractor was converted to 12V by the previous owner. It has 5 wires coming off the alternator going to various places mostly to the voltage regulator.
Let me describe my problem and maybe I should have left well enough alone. I rewired the tractor. While rewiring it I took one wire off at a time and replaced it with a new one. I soldered the ends on. After rewiring it I tried the start the tractor and found that I had no spark. So I replaced the points and condenser. Tried again still no spark. Then I burned up the starter. Got a new starter. I then put on a new coil, resistor and starter switch. Still no spark. Now I am out of ideas.
Some other things of interest: I am getting voltage to the points. I found this out while setting the points with the key on. I put the gauge between the points and got a little zap. Also this tractor was converted to 12V by the previous owner. It has 5 wires coming off the alternator going to various places mostly to the voltage regulator.