Hi everybody! First time poster, long time lurker on here. Hoping you can help me with my most recent acquisition:
This is my pap's 70, and since he passed away before I was born, it's the only piece of machinery I have of his. I rescued it last summer after it sitting idle for 15 years. In 3 days I had it running, and drove around as I cleaned it up and refurbished bits and pieces over the past winter.
Most recently, however, I'm stumped. I let it sit for about 3 weeks while I was taking off first-cut hay...when I got back to it last week, no spark whatsoever! It had new points, condenser, cap, and coil on it when I got it running last year. I have 12v coming from the ignition switch to the coil, and it drops to 7v when cranking. There's no power going from the distributor tot he coil, however. With that in mind I replaced rotor, points, and condenser yet again, but this time I still have no spark. What am I missing? I want to bring it back in service to run a hay rake in about 3 weeks, so I've got to get it running ASAP.
Any help you can give me is much appreciated!
This is my pap's 70, and since he passed away before I was born, it's the only piece of machinery I have of his. I rescued it last summer after it sitting idle for 15 years. In 3 days I had it running, and drove around as I cleaned it up and refurbished bits and pieces over the past winter.
Most recently, however, I'm stumped. I let it sit for about 3 weeks while I was taking off first-cut hay...when I got back to it last week, no spark whatsoever! It had new points, condenser, cap, and coil on it when I got it running last year. I have 12v coming from the ignition switch to the coil, and it drops to 7v when cranking. There's no power going from the distributor tot he coil, however. With that in mind I replaced rotor, points, and condenser yet again, but this time I still have no spark. What am I missing? I want to bring it back in service to run a hay rake in about 3 weeks, so I've got to get it running ASAP.
Any help you can give me is much appreciated!