Let's see if dumb questions are really ok here....I've been piece by piece servicing things by asking a ton of questions here and in other places. Finally got it to crank yesterday after having starter rebuilt. The new mechanical starter switch I got off eBay or this site(can't recall) smoked after about 3 or 4 attempts at starting (short burst..never more than 5-10 seconds of cranking). Had a solenoid installed too so I just took the mech switch out of the equation... piece of junk anyways. After just using a 12v solenoid I got it to crank but can't get it to fire up/run.
Replaced carb last night... more cheap overseas parts...oh well.. pain in the rear to get it mounted. Had to drill holes out some because it wouldn't line up.... old carb was leaking a lot of gas..maybe that's normal. Had cleaned old carb really good.. all holes and jets nice and clean...so that's why I replaced ...but still wouldn't fire up.
Gas is running ok. Steady stream. New screens in gas tank. New fuel valve and bulb assembly.
New solenoid
New oil and filter all the way around.
Replaced bent pto shaft
Drained and replaced coolant.
Replaced battery (12v)
Tested voltage from battery to the distributor. 12.89-v
Visually watched lightening-like blue sparks from coil to coil wire when wire was slightly removed
Verified spark at far right spark plug using a screw driver (got shocked the first time). Got smart the second time and made sure I wasn't touching metal, lol.
When I bought this, the distributor wasn't screwed down and was all loose. I have no way of knowing (haven't bought manual yet) if the spark plug cables are installed correctly. Can someone point me to a picture or video of how to test and setup the distributor and what goes where with the plug cables? Also, I searched till I fell asleep last night on how to service points. It seems like that's something everyone just knows how to do except me.
Where to go from here?
Replaced carb last night... more cheap overseas parts...oh well.. pain in the rear to get it mounted. Had to drill holes out some because it wouldn't line up.... old carb was leaking a lot of gas..maybe that's normal. Had cleaned old carb really good.. all holes and jets nice and clean...so that's why I replaced ...but still wouldn't fire up.
Gas is running ok. Steady stream. New screens in gas tank. New fuel valve and bulb assembly.
New solenoid
New oil and filter all the way around.
Replaced bent pto shaft
Drained and replaced coolant.
Replaced battery (12v)
Tested voltage from battery to the distributor. 12.89-v
Visually watched lightening-like blue sparks from coil to coil wire when wire was slightly removed
Verified spark at far right spark plug using a screw driver (got shocked the first time). Got smart the second time and made sure I wasn't touching metal, lol.
When I bought this, the distributor wasn't screwed down and was all loose. I have no way of knowing (haven't bought manual yet) if the spark plug cables are installed correctly. Can someone point me to a picture or video of how to test and setup the distributor and what goes where with the plug cables? Also, I searched till I fell asleep last night on how to service points. It seems like that's something everyone just knows how to do except me.
Where to go from here?