[AT] Coil test?

[Ralph Goff]

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Coil test?


> All I keep seeing on this thread is that "it has to be either a fuel
> delivery or coil problem". Nobody seems willing to allow for either a
> bad condenser or vacuum leak. In my experience, a vacuum leak, created
> by a slightly warped carburetor or manifold getting hot, would create
> the same problem. I don't see how a bad coil would be overcome by
> closing the choke; it never has for me when I have had bad coils.

Mike, I wouldn't have suspected the coil either until my friend with the
2010 JD mentioned it happening to him. He swears that after the coil was
replaced he never had the problem again.
This problem on my 40 seems to have just come out of nowhere as it ran good
up til about a few weeks ago. It ran the hammer mill without hesitation up
until about the middle of December. The carb and manifold have not been off
this tractor in probably 15 years.
Now the condensor is something I have not tested although I did replace the
points. In my experience the condensors seem to last a lot longer than the
points on these tractors. How would a person test a condensor?

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