Re: 12v conversion - now hard/no start when cold - ytmag kit

Front or side distributor?
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(quoted from post at 10:09:34 03/01/13) Front or side distributor?
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First sentence of the topic states front mount distributor. is this what you're looking for?

http://ytforums.ytmag.com/viewtopic.php?t=980784&start=0

Tricked by 'classic view' again.

In classic view, only one post showed up. In modern view, it's a long thread w/ multiple replies.

Oh well......

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Wade........the carb settings in the Ford manual ain't worth diddly shut. Just use Gary's recommended technique, it works!!! NO ARGUE!!!!

From yer original complaint, I'm gonna make a WAG that yer complaining about the weird 4-nipple front mount dizzy. Yer problem is in yer sparkies and never was yer carb. (but is now!!! keep yer itchy-twitchy fingers off'n them handy-dandy carb tweek'ems)

Surprizingly enuff, 90% of all carb problems are found in the ignition system.

You do know ittza 2-bolt, 15-min job to remove the weird 4-nipple dizzy and change the points (0.015") on the kitchen table, don't you??? Just un-snapple yer capple and letter dangle. remove the 2-bolts and walk to the kitchen table. Change/adjust the points (0.015") and CLEAN the INVISIBLE corrosion from between the points before re-installing. Me? I use a clean $1-bill clamped between the points and pull. Iff'n yer really cheap, tear a strip from HEAVY brown paper grocery sack and use that.

Installation is a reversal of the removal ...except... finger start the 2-bolts and then install the rotor. Now rotate the rotor until the OFFSET drive tang fits the camshaft OFFSET drive slot. Now tighten yer 2-bolts and re-snapple yer capple. Simple, eh?

Ennytime you have "starting issues", CHANGE yer sparkies. NO ARGUE!!!
Recommend AutoLite 437's gapped 0.025". Don't throw yer sparkies away; just clean'n'dry 'em one-atta-time in HOT running engine and save'em fer the next time. (and there will be a next time) .........Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

Wade.........resistor makes WEAK SPARKIES, which is really the cause of yer original complaint of hard starting.

HOWSOMEVERS: the weird 4-nipple frontmount square coil DEMANDS the "infamous ballast resistor". NO ARGUE!!!

SUMMARY: 2-resistors inline like flashlite batterys causes weak sparkies. use ONLY the "infamous ballast resistor"; understand???

Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

If you purchased the one wire alternator kit that
came with a new 12 volt square front mount coil all
that you need is the original ballast resistor. Do
not use the other resistor that came in the box. I
have purchased two and installed them on my 1949
front mounts. Both tractor will start regardless of
how cold it gets.

I just replaced my alt, and, I'd messed up with my readings of the coil resistance prior to the new battery, and I had put 2 resisters in line. By the time I figured it all out, I put the coil I thought was bad, back on, and, took out one resistor...New alternator, and BAM, starts on ONE revolution in cold weather. Amazing.

So, check the resistance of your coil. Normal I guess is 1.6 Ohms, and figure 1 for your resistor. Then, 7.5 v / 2.6 = 2.8A. Something around that up to 3.6 I think is 'good'...I was running like 2.1 and no wonder no love when starting.