Been several years since been on here because the tractor has been running great! So story is, last fall hosed it off and it started missing and backfiring. I dried out the distributor and ran fairly well but decided a good time to replace cap, condensor, and points. That went well except the replacement caps do not fit my tractor so I reused the one I had which looks good, minimal wear. After that, it would occasionally be hard to start, barely run, backfire, and sounded like it was missing a cylinder or two. Advancing the gas would kill it or backfire. Adjusted the cap and wires and haven't had problems since till yesterday.
Yesterdays symptoms were the same. Several times I monkeyed with the distributor and it would run fine and then start stumbling five minutes later. I've ruled out a fuel problem and have narrowed it to the key switch or condesor. I'd like to know if I'm headed in the right direction? Bare with me I am moving across the country next week and don't have access to testing tools. Just a screwdriver and wrench set. Just want to load it on the trailer under it's own power. I'd like an explanation of what the condensor does. Also I read where the distributor weights were not "throwing out". What would be the symptoms for that? thanks, Kyle
Yesterdays symptoms were the same. Several times I monkeyed with the distributor and it would run fine and then start stumbling five minutes later. I've ruled out a fuel problem and have narrowed it to the key switch or condesor. I'd like to know if I'm headed in the right direction? Bare with me I am moving across the country next week and don't have access to testing tools. Just a screwdriver and wrench set. Just want to load it on the trailer under it's own power. I'd like an explanation of what the condensor does. Also I read where the distributor weights were not "throwing out". What would be the symptoms for that? thanks, Kyle