tracto-man
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Haven't been on the MF/MH board for a while, thanks again for all the awesome help you guys gave me on the 65! A guy stopped by a couple months back and mad on offer on it that Dad was happy with, so it's gone. It's mostly Fords running the show here now.
Been working on a horse farm and was asked to fix a Massey Ferguson 50 with a gas (134?) continental engine. Hasn't run in a year, was parked outside under some trees as it , "Lost power all of the sudden, and ran ruff". So I went and looked at it today.
Gas is probably a little old and not bad. Battery was dead, brought a new one along with to try turning it over. No air filter, just had a little cleaner element taped to the end of the air cleaner pipe. Checked fuel flow, points and spark plugs, and gave it a whirl. Fired right up and ran smoothly at a low idle for about 15 seconds, then shut off. Tried again of course but couldn't get a pop. Checked spark again, None. Checked points again, used a voltage meter to test continuity, and it appears to be all good from my knowledge of Fords. Started chasing voltage and it's not getting through the coil.
So, my question is, should I just get a new coil for it and try? I would say coil except I wouldn't think it would run fine and then suddenly be no good anymore like that. Unless I did something to fry it? Or am I checking coil wrong?
During cranking over looking for spark, it got quite flooded, and found that all plugs except cylinder #2 were wet. So I'm assuming this means intake leak at the intake port on the #2 port? Of course will try to get it running before messing with that.
Thanks for any and all help! Will try to get some pics uploaded soon.
Been working on a horse farm and was asked to fix a Massey Ferguson 50 with a gas (134?) continental engine. Hasn't run in a year, was parked outside under some trees as it , "Lost power all of the sudden, and ran ruff". So I went and looked at it today.
Gas is probably a little old and not bad. Battery was dead, brought a new one along with to try turning it over. No air filter, just had a little cleaner element taped to the end of the air cleaner pipe. Checked fuel flow, points and spark plugs, and gave it a whirl. Fired right up and ran smoothly at a low idle for about 15 seconds, then shut off. Tried again of course but couldn't get a pop. Checked spark again, None. Checked points again, used a voltage meter to test continuity, and it appears to be all good from my knowledge of Fords. Started chasing voltage and it's not getting through the coil.
So, my question is, should I just get a new coil for it and try? I would say coil except I wouldn't think it would run fine and then suddenly be no good anymore like that. Unless I did something to fry it? Or am I checking coil wrong?
During cranking over looking for spark, it got quite flooded, and found that all plugs except cylinder #2 were wet. So I'm assuming this means intake leak at the intake port on the #2 port? Of course will try to get it running before messing with that.
Thanks for any and all help! Will try to get some pics uploaded soon.