[AT] Coil test?

[Ralph Goff]

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From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Coil test?


> Isn't it fun being a remote quarterback? Shall we have a lottery as to
what
> the real problem is?  :-) The real problem is that it isn't a horizontal
two
> cylinder tractor. :-)

Dean, up until this evening I was about 50:50 between ignition and carb
problems. Now I am leaning more toward the coil being the problem again.
Just before dark I went out determined to check if fuel was flowing to the
carb. And yes, I do have methyl hydrate added to the tank, sediment bowl is
clean enough to drink out of as is the screen.
So I unscrewed the load needle from the bottom of the carb and turned on the
valve at the tank. Gas flowed out in what I considered a pretty good stream.
I doubt the engine could burn it up that fast.
The only spare 6 volt coil I could recall was on a parts 40 in the bush, a
good long walk through sometimes knee deep snow at -18 degrees but I figured
I needed the exercise. Sure enough, there was a coil on the parts tractor
and after a struggle with only a pair of vise grips in the semi darkness I
was able to remove the coil.
Now this parts 40 falls into the "running when parked" category and I have
no idea just how good it's coil will be after sitting out in the elements
for close to 20 years.
On a quick test with my cheap digital multitester it showed 1.3 but I
haven't tested the one on the "running" tractor to see how it compares.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/