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TB: Great news for you ! I felt the same way when I got my '70' out her 20 year hibernation. Careful running those coils on straight 6 volts though, or they won't be long for this world! You could put that resistor from the switch right down on the distributor terminal and clip your jumper to that. That way you'll be reducing the voltage appropriately. You won't be getting the straight 6 volt bypass voltage during cranking (unless you have that wire running from the starter switch to the distributo directly), but it will probably fire that way. I ran mine that way for several months until I could get the wiring straightened out. Deere still sells the carb kit, and it's not very expensive....I think like $12.00. If your pony carb still has the old cork float in it, buy a new one. Lots of carbs have been plugged up by old cork floats. Try some fresh Champion J8C's and clean those points. That might be enough to get it to rev up. Might not be the carb, but it likely needs cleaned like you say. Keep us posted ! Frank-in-Tallahassee
70D (#7033924) // 855
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