135 runs like crud all of a sudden

bcliburn

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Well I got another doozy and about to throw
in the towel on this old girl... today I
decides to give it an oil change, so I go
get new filter and oil plus a qt of Lucas
oil additive thinkin an old tractor deserves
to be cleaned out a little. So I get the oil
changed and turn it over a couple times to
let the new oil spread around, then turn on
the gas started it up purred like a kitten.
Then I shut it off to check the oil level it
looked good so started it back up to put in
the shed sputtered like crazy wouldn't
hardly stay running backfire through the air
filter. So I wanted to check the gas so
undid the gas line from carb and it flowed
fine or seamed to, put it back on drained
fuel out of carb thinkin may be flooded.
Nothing worked I'm stumped. So rewind over
the last two weeks replaced plugs, wires,
dist cap, condenser, rotor and took the carb
to a buddy and had him clean it up after all
this thing thing ran awsome o ya and i also
checked comp for fun it was 150 on all three
cyl. So I don't even know where to begin at
this point the things wearing me out
 
I had a condenser go bad, and it acted just like you described. My ex-brother inlaw did a tune-up one time with all new parts, the new condenser he put in was bad right out of the box (it acted the same way).
 
New don't always mean good. I'v had my share of defective parts now that almost everything is made in China. You didn't say you replaced the coil, if you didn't that would be my first action.
 
Since it was running good before I'd put the old condenser back in to see if it runs like its supposed to. Phil is correct, new don't always mean good.
 
Problem solved or at least I hope! The only thing I hadn't changed was the coil so I took the coil off and checked for resistance on the primary side hade 7 ohms, so I had the wife run by parts store while out grocery shopping and had her pick up new coil and an extra condenser just incase the other was bad, put new parts on and the thing purrs like a kitten again
 
No I'm not sure I'm guessing the coil since it had alot more resistance than it was supposed to. I should have replaced one at a time but just put them on the same time.
 
The coil was probably .7 ohms resistance which is most common coil. I seriously doubt the coil went bad at the exact same time you changed the points, and condenser so I'd say it was bad, new condenser.
 
No it was 7 ohms of resistance 7.2 if I
remember correctly I used my good fluke
meter I use at work everyday that's why I
think it was bad they said anywhere from 1
to 3 ohms of resistance was normal
 

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