Hi all,
I need help with my 1952 8N. After a few months of TLC, the tractor has been sandblasted, rewired and repainted. I bought a wiring harness from Don B, and used a couple of the wiring diagrams from folks posted on this board. I also checked with the diagram in the manual. The starter turns when I push the starter button, but a check of the spark plugs reveals no sparks! Here is the dillemna: When I turn the ignition switch "on" the ammeter should always show a dischare. Sometimes it does - sometimes it doesn't. If you shake the distributor wires the ammeter will jump showing a discharge. I have not yet replaced the distributor cap, I planned to replace it after I got the tractor running again. Maybe I need to go ahead and replace it but it was working fine before the restoration. Second part of the problem is, I was not sure which terminal on the generator was the field and which one was ground. I followed the diagrams which show the outside terminal as being the ground. However, looking at my generator, it appears to have a symbol by one terminal which looks like an "F" if you use your imagination. This is the outside terminal, and is backwards from what the wiring diagrams depict. If the generator is not wired corrected to the voltage regulator, would this cause a problem starting? My guess is that it would not - but the tractor would not charge the battery. Sorry this question is so long and loaded, but I'm new to restoring tractors, and any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,
Scott
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