First of all, thank you to all of you writers who solved my earlier issue of antifreeze migrating into oil; and subsequent head gasket replacement guidance on torquing. All worked well. One more issue has come up:
1) Assembly completed, head gasket, etc. all carefully back together
2) Tractor started right up, but it runs hit/miss, like one of those one-cylinder Deeres.
* My work on this so far: I have new plugs (good spark on both of them), new distributor cap, new wires
* I have good spark on both plugs
* Interesting...when I pull plug wire off #1 cylinder, tractor smooths out and runs good on 1 cylinder
* As soon as I put plug wire back on -- engine bogs down and sounds like the hit/miss 1 cylinder again.
In summary, I have gone down all of the electrical avenues that I can think of. I need your expert guidance.
Thank you. Jerry
1) Assembly completed, head gasket, etc. all carefully back together
2) Tractor started right up, but it runs hit/miss, like one of those one-cylinder Deeres.
* My work on this so far: I have new plugs (good spark on both of them), new distributor cap, new wires
* I have good spark on both plugs
* Interesting...when I pull plug wire off #1 cylinder, tractor smooths out and runs good on 1 cylinder
* As soon as I put plug wire back on -- engine bogs down and sounds like the hit/miss 1 cylinder again.
In summary, I have gone down all of the electrical avenues that I can think of. I need your expert guidance.
Thank you. Jerry