tractor is far from shop and farther yet from my house so i need to prepare what all i can try. it's no fun fixing this much electrical stuff out in the woods (have to cross a creek) but too hard to try to drag it back across the creek.
i tried checking spark with timing light and with a spark plug connected to distributor then grounded to engine block. i could see the spark jump across a year ago can not see it now.
i read on another post to try hooking a plug to the coil directly. have not tried that yet will do later today. kind of expecting it NOT to work.
with the cap off i watched the points open and close while cranking
i saw on another post someone thought their starter was taking all the juice away from the ignition system i guess that is possible. i did see the voltage at the coil + go down to 10v during cranking. anyone know a way to tell for sure? does a 12v coil need all 12v to work?
i tried cleaning the points and changing them to new ones.
i can't try the old coil again because it has a broken terminal.
i got the coil from tractor supply. it is 12v coil but the old coil was 12v as well. they only have two coils there for all tractors one 12v and one 6v. my battery is 12v and strong (tried two other batteries as well)
the ignition key is wired to +coil then the -coil goes to the distributor (the battery - goes to chassis, + battery goes to starter relay)
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