Grandfatherjim
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gradually started running worse
then would only run if I pulled out the choke frequently just as it sounded like it was going to die
then would only do that for a bit, and backfire violently and quit
would only restart after cooling down
when very cold, started excellently
got it bucking and farting back to the garage...kaboom! big flames out the exhaust
"fuel problem" they all said, knowingly. so I chased that for a while...
finally woke up and remembered "90% of carb problems are in the ignition system"
points didn't even have a gap. Don't know how it ever started
So - here is the interesting thing. I put these new points and condenser in as a preventive measure when I got the tractor maybe four years ago, but have only put 38 hours on it. They were so cooked that the plate holding the moving point got hot enough that the plastic part melted and ended up at a weird angle as you can see in the picture. I suspect the condenser more than the points but I did notice (and was reminded from when I first installed them) that there was virtually no adjustment range on these. Well, you could adjust them from almost closed to always closed. So what I had to do, back then, was bend the fixed point away, but then it was leaning at an angle - not so good.
Now I will finally get to my [i:1d13364010]point[/i:1d13364010] - are there known good sources of points and condensers out there? I run into this same situation with the old cars I play with. Some are just bad, worth avoiding. Often the word China is involved, but it doesn't seem to be a guarantee. Maybe it happens in batches.
Tractor has Delco electrics, by the way.
Thanks,
Jim