Pajamafied John
Member
Went down today. Checked power to the coil with test light. Power. Checked with analog multimeter. I got about 3.5
volts. 6.5 at battery. Checked spark. none. Pulled distributer off. Checked continuity at points. None. Cleaned points
with fine emory. Good continuity. put back together and installed. Check spark, looked weak to me with test light and
would not start. Jumped starter with 12 volt. Coughed here and there then ran rough. After about 3 or 4 minutes engine
ran normal. With trepidation shut engine down. Restarted immediately. Bush hogged bout 2 hours without problem and put
it away. Next: Clean up the contacts on all the battery cables. I will change to EI as I want to eliminate the points
problem. We identified the water leakage problem and we are going to fix that. saw 4 pretty big deer while doing all
this. Thanks to everyone for their help. I do appreciate it ant this site.
volts. 6.5 at battery. Checked spark. none. Pulled distributer off. Checked continuity at points. None. Cleaned points
with fine emory. Good continuity. put back together and installed. Check spark, looked weak to me with test light and
would not start. Jumped starter with 12 volt. Coughed here and there then ran rough. After about 3 or 4 minutes engine
ran normal. With trepidation shut engine down. Restarted immediately. Bush hogged bout 2 hours without problem and put
it away. Next: Clean up the contacts on all the battery cables. I will change to EI as I want to eliminate the points
problem. We identified the water leakage problem and we are going to fix that. saw 4 pretty big deer while doing all
this. Thanks to everyone for their help. I do appreciate it ant this site.