odd experience w 1020 and bush hog

Steve in VA · May 28, 2016

To start, it took about 2 hours to prep the old bush hog including welding. Hooked to the old JD 1020 and started cutting. About 30 minutes in, I hit a big clod of soil near a ditch and the bush hog spun down and the JD died. Wouldn't restart. It was pretty warm and smelling fuel I figure its flooded. Enough. This morning after breakfast I tried it and it hit a few licks and died with the smell of gas. Got ready to tackle the carb but decided to test the electrical and the coil wire to the distributor was loose. Couldn't believe it. Pressed it back on and off to the races. Air-fuel-spark. Dodged a bullet there I guess.

JD Seller · May 28, 2016

I had a JD 314 garden tractor. That darn thing would vibrate the spark plug wire off while mowing. I never could get one that would stay on for the whole yard.

Steve in VA · May 28, 2016

That reminds me of a friends corvair. Thing would run about 10 miles and then eject a spark plug. On any distance trip we would drive until it started to misfire, pull over, and there would be a plug hanging from the wire. It would eventually toss them all. Even torqued they just wouldn't stay put. Otherwise, that car was complete junk.

Chuck (CA) · May 28, 2016

Knew a guy who had a bored over 283 in his 57 Chevy. Once it hit a certain RPM it would throw the rotor off the shaft. Had to pull over, pull the dizzy cap, put the rotor back on, and go on his way...until the next time.

coshoo · May 28, 2016

Bought a '57 Pontiac back in the 60's- got it cheap because it was missing, sounded like a burned valve. Turned out 2 adjacent plug wires were not making contact in the distributor- pushed them back down, ran like a dream. Joke was on me, I guess- for the rest of the time I had that car, those same 2 wires would push up and start missing. Tried a new cap, new wires, nothing worked. If it started missing, pop the hood and push the 2 wires down and we're good to go.

And had a 59 Ford Galaxie, with 332 engine. Smaller version of the 352. You could get about 5000 miles out of a set of plugs, if you were lucky. I carried a set of plugs and the proper plug socket wrench in the trunk- if it wouldn't start, change the plugs. Mechanic tipped me off to that- he said nobody could figure out why plugs wouldn't last, just carry spares.

wilson ind · May 28, 2016

Could have came off because it was Dizzy.

notjustair · May 28, 2016

My brother bought a brand new bright red Ford Escort GT in 1989. It was a piece from the start. My brother was trying to get the lemon law declared on it - the dealerships couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. It was in every shop from one side of Kansas to the other on I-70. He couldn't go anywhere without it heading for a Ford dealer. Sometimes it ran just fine. Sometimes it missed so bad it would nearly leave you.

No one would buy it so I bought it off him. I had it about a month when I popped the hood after washing it one evening. A bad spark plug wire was arcing everywhere. I replaced those wires and it ran like a top. Until it caught fire four different times and shot the water pump everywhere. I finally gave up on it and traded it with 65,000 miles. What a junker.

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