Posted by rrlund on October 12, 2014 at 12:58:37 from (162.250.26.144):
I broke a chain on the forage wagon this morning while I was unloading corn in the pasture. I shut off the Oliver 1550 gas for about 15 minutes right where it sat while I fixed the chain. When I got done,I noticed the stupid cows had pulled one spark plug wire off the plug and out of the cap. I put it back on,tried to start the tractor and it wouldn't start. It kind of fired a time or two but I ran the battery down. The boy and I towed it out of the pasture and around the yard twice trying to start it. It would pop a little now and then. After we gave up and got the rest of the chores done,I took the cap off. I saw a little piece of something down inside the distributor and fished it out. I turned the cap over and could see then that it was the center electrode from the cap. It's spring loaded in that Mallory distributor. Apparently when the cow pulled the wire out of the cap,those spring clips that hold it on gave just enough to let it tip enough so that piece fell out. I put a little dab of electrical grease on it,enough to make it stick,turned the cap over and put it on quick before it could fall out again. The tractor started right up. Must be the few times it fired,the spark was jumping just enough to cause spark. Some of the danged things that happen on a Sunday,I'm tellin' you.
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