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Re: 1949 FARMALL M NOT STARTING
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Posted by Mark on December 11, 2003 at 07:35:54 from (161.184.178.248):
In Reply to: 1949 FARMALL M NOT STARTING posted by Mark on December 11, 2003 at 05:21:12:
Your points may have heavily oxidized and only making contact on one tiny spot. When you regapped the points you may have slightly changed the contact point to a bad area. Using gloves hold or preferably tie the coil wire about a half inch away from the block and crank engine, if you are getting a healthy blue spark, can't be a point problem. I have also seen capacitors fail and cause a no or erratic spark condition. For the price of them, when i feel points are the reason my tractor isn't running right i throw in a new set with capacitor. You should also pull the bottom off your carb and check the passages just for peace of mind.
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