[Farmall] Farmall 340 Not starting

[Roger Moffat]

On Jul 26, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Larry Hardesty wrote:

> Bigdog.  Should I not get a spark when I take the main wire running  
> from
> the coil to the distributor and put the distributor end near a  
> ground, such
> as frame of the tractor or the + wire on the side of the  
> distributor and
> then crank the tractor?  I am not.   So it would appear no voltage is
> running from the coil to the distributor.  Don't know why or the  
> remedy...or
> am I doing some faulty thinking.

What do you mean by the "main wire" - the high tension "fat" wire  
that goes from the centre of the coil to the centre of the  
distributor, or the wire that goes from the side of the coil to the  
side of the distributor?

If it's the high tension "fat" wire you're talking about, then there  
probably wouldn't be a spark when you put that by the + wire on the  
side of the distributor as that is only to earth when the points are  
closed. When the points are open that is not to earth.

But there should be a spark from the end of the fat wire to any  
proper ground on the tractor when it is cranking, or when you open  
and close the points with a screw driver.

Roger