I've watched the site for a long time, so I think I understand how it works. I have a problem that I have not seen listed in the current issues, nor in the archives. here goes
I have a TO30. Worked for my dad since new. I got it years ago, had it rebuilt.
The mechanic brought it to me. Cranked, ran fine. I used it about 8 hours, fuel fowled. Drained tank, cleaned it, all ok. Worked great. Them about 4 hours later, it would run fine, run fast, run slow. I looked at the distributer, it was totally lose.
Not being the tractor genius I thought I was, I picked it up (distributer). Came out nicely I might add.
I have the manuals, I have all the old post. I have done everything they all say, get to compression, get to 6 degrees, put the cap on pointed to number one cylinder. my poor little wife has spent hours on that manual crank getting everything to line up. But it doesn't start.
I'm about ready to get a mechanic, but I know I can do this.
Question is: on a new assembly, how did they do the timing for the first time? No marks on where you took it apart. From Scratch?
I appreciated any suggestions. I know I'm a pretty good engineer, at least they retired me from that. But this just frustrates the heck out of me.
I have a TO30. Worked for my dad since new. I got it years ago, had it rebuilt.
The mechanic brought it to me. Cranked, ran fine. I used it about 8 hours, fuel fowled. Drained tank, cleaned it, all ok. Worked great. Them about 4 hours later, it would run fine, run fast, run slow. I looked at the distributer, it was totally lose.
Not being the tractor genius I thought I was, I picked it up (distributer). Came out nicely I might add.
I have the manuals, I have all the old post. I have done everything they all say, get to compression, get to 6 degrees, put the cap on pointed to number one cylinder. my poor little wife has spent hours on that manual crank getting everything to line up. But it doesn't start.
I'm about ready to get a mechanic, but I know I can do this.
Question is: on a new assembly, how did they do the timing for the first time? No marks on where you took it apart. From Scratch?
I appreciated any suggestions. I know I'm a pretty good engineer, at least they retired me from that. But this just frustrates the heck out of me.