Mark Schrier
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My 1949 8N seems to sit for about 6 months every winter. When I finally need to use it in the spring, there is always some issue or another that needs to be addressed before it will fire up.
The carburetor is such a common problem that I almost automatically take it apart to clean it out. This year I put the carb back on and it still wouldn't fire.
After pulling a couple of plugs out and finding no spark, I went down to the NAPA store to get points, condenser and rotor. Talk about sticker shock! They wanted over $60 for the three parts.
After my heart rate returned to nearly normal, I walked out without them.
So the tractor just sat for another month. Finally decided I as tired of doing everything the hard way and took another look at it.
Started at the coil and got no voltage there. Then went back to the ignition switch and started checking voltage from there out. A couple of connection were a bit fuzzy so I disconnected everything off the ballast resistor cleaned up the posts and reconnected it all.
Rechecked the coil lead and had 3.25 volts. I figured it was worth a try so I hit the starter and it fired right up. Would have been fine if I hadn't left my fresh mug of coffee on the hood!
So my question, if you're still with me, is if the 3.25 volts at the coil wire is what it should typically be. I couldn't seem to find any specs on that. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that it is an original 6 volt system.
Thanks,
Mark
This post was edited by Mark Schrier on 08/10/2022 at 05:49 pm.
The carburetor is such a common problem that I almost automatically take it apart to clean it out. This year I put the carb back on and it still wouldn't fire.
After pulling a couple of plugs out and finding no spark, I went down to the NAPA store to get points, condenser and rotor. Talk about sticker shock! They wanted over $60 for the three parts.
After my heart rate returned to nearly normal, I walked out without them.
So the tractor just sat for another month. Finally decided I as tired of doing everything the hard way and took another look at it.
Started at the coil and got no voltage there. Then went back to the ignition switch and started checking voltage from there out. A couple of connection were a bit fuzzy so I disconnected everything off the ballast resistor cleaned up the posts and reconnected it all.
Rechecked the coil lead and had 3.25 volts. I figured it was worth a try so I hit the starter and it fired right up. Would have been fine if I hadn't left my fresh mug of coffee on the hood!
So my question, if you're still with me, is if the 3.25 volts at the coil wire is what it should typically be. I couldn't seem to find any specs on that. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that it is an original 6 volt system.
Thanks,
Mark
This post was edited by Mark Schrier on 08/10/2022 at 05:49 pm.