Was trying to diagnose a hydraulic problem when I encountered another problem - engine won't start. First battery was dead, so I charged it and it's fine. Engine turns over well but it didn't seem like I was getting any spark. Used multimeter to check voltage drops. I get 12v across battery terminals. I get about 5.6v at all of the following points: wires at coil, coil wire connection to distributor, inside distributer where coil wire goes through distributor housing, wire to condenser, and one side of points.
I then hit starter button to see what would happen at points. I was thinking I should see a spark, but I did not.
I then reassembled distributor, pulled wire off one of the spark plugs, pulled back rubber boot, and checked to see if I got a spark when holding end of wire close to engine block. No spark here either.
Is this simply an issue of bad points? Supposedly, the points were replaced immediately prior to me purchasing tractor recently, but I've had other issues that I was probably misled on.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. If there's another thread I can read instead of rehashing everything here, that would be fine too.
This is all new to me and I enjoy learning it but can be frustrating because it takes me so long to do things due to learning it all from scratch.
I then hit starter button to see what would happen at points. I was thinking I should see a spark, but I did not.
I then reassembled distributor, pulled wire off one of the spark plugs, pulled back rubber boot, and checked to see if I got a spark when holding end of wire close to engine block. No spark here either.
Is this simply an issue of bad points? Supposedly, the points were replaced immediately prior to me purchasing tractor recently, but I've had other issues that I was probably misled on.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. If there's another thread I can read instead of rehashing everything here, that would be fine too.
This is all new to me and I enjoy learning it but can be frustrating because it takes me so long to do things due to learning it all from scratch.