Mad Farmer
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- Location
- Northeast
I'm the original owner of 1973 Ford LGT 145. It has the K321 Kohler.
I was mowing and it just cut out dead would not start. Lucky I was close to the barn and pushed it inside before we got a thunderstorm.
I had rebuilt the carb two years ago and last fall put in new points and plug.
Plenty of gas in carb. 12.5 V on both sides of coil with key on. I didn't check coil resistance. Points looked good.
For some reason I decided to check coil wire. It is OEM copper core. Terminals were a little dirty so I cleaned them up and checked with ohm meter. No continuity. I rechecked terminals and fiddled with wire when checking again. Still an open. Insulation was in good shape, no cracks.
Never had a copper wire fail like this. I was a little shocked when I priced replacements. $13-42 USD. There is one place that has NOS OEM wire , I might go with that $19.
Wondering why these are so expensive, when I can get a whole set of Accel 8mm silicon/copper core for a V8 for $40?
I'll have to cobble up an old car wire to finish cutting the yard....
I was mowing and it just cut out dead would not start. Lucky I was close to the barn and pushed it inside before we got a thunderstorm.
I had rebuilt the carb two years ago and last fall put in new points and plug.
Plenty of gas in carb. 12.5 V on both sides of coil with key on. I didn't check coil resistance. Points looked good.
For some reason I decided to check coil wire. It is OEM copper core. Terminals were a little dirty so I cleaned them up and checked with ohm meter. No continuity. I rechecked terminals and fiddled with wire when checking again. Still an open. Insulation was in good shape, no cracks.
Never had a copper wire fail like this. I was a little shocked when I priced replacements. $13-42 USD. There is one place that has NOS OEM wire , I might go with that $19.
Wondering why these are so expensive, when I can get a whole set of Accel 8mm silicon/copper core for a V8 for $40?
I'll have to cobble up an old car wire to finish cutting the yard....