[AT] Electrical Problems..Please help

Sat Jul 29 20:31:23 PDT 2006

Sounds like you have corrosion or something coating the points.  I have had 
this happen before and took the points out and filed not sanded them then 
sparked them with my screwdriver between the points and it worked fine..

cecil in OKla
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: [AT] Electrical Problems..Please help

>
> I'm completely stumped on this one.  I have a Case 430 CK gas engine that 
> has
> been very reliable for me over the past seven years or so.  Never had a
> problem starting it in any kind of weather, that was until two weeks ago. 
> I
> started it up to move some gravel and it started fine.  I shut it off to 
> talk to the
> neighbor, and it didn't want to start right away, I turned the key and
> nothing, after I fiddled with the wire from the battery to the key switch, 
> it fired
> right up and I was off again.
>
> While back in the gravel pit I stalled it out, turned the key and nothing
> again.  I fiddled with it for about a half an hour then gave up.  The next 
> day I
> took the key switch out of the dash and cleaned up the connections, now it
> turns over just fine, but has no spark.  Since then I have replaced the 
> coil,
> condensor, and points... still no spark.  I have tested things with my 
> multimeter
> and am getting plenty of current through the switch, coil, condensor, and
> points.  The funny thing is I have voltage going to the points, but when I 
> break
> them, there is no spark jump.  This should mean something right?  I should
> have said that it is a 12 volt system.  I'm getting 11.5 volts between the
> ignitions wire to the key swith and the points if that helps at all.
>
> Please tell me it's something simple, I'm lost on this one.  Thanks for 
> your
> help.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
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> <DIV>I'm completely stumped on this one.  I have a Case 430 CK gas 
> engi=
> ne that has been very reliable for me over the past seven years or 
> so. =
> Never had a problem starting it in any kind of weather, that was until 
> two=20=
> weeks ago.  I started it up to move some gravel and it started 
> fine.&nb=
> sp; I shut it off to talk to the neighbor, and it didn't want to start 
> right=
> away, I turned the key and nothing, after I fiddled with the wire from 
> the=20=
> battery to the key switch, it fired right up and I was off again.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>While back in the gravel pit I stalled it out, turned the key and 
> nothi=
> ng again.  I fiddled with it for about a half an hour then gave 
> up.&nbs=
> p; The next day I took the key switch out of the dash and cleaned up the 
> con=
> nections, now it turns over just fine, but has no spark.  Since then 
> I=20=
> have replaced the coil, condensor, and points... still no spark.  I 
> hav=
> e tested things with my multimeter and am getting plenty of current 
> through=20=
> the switch, coil, condensor, and points.  The funny thing is I 
> hav=
> e voltage going to the points, but when I break them, there is no spark 
> jump=
> .  This should mean something right?  I should have said that it 
> i=
> s a 12 volt system.  I'm getting 11.5 volts between the ignitions 
> wire=20=
> to the key swith and the points if that helps at all.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Please tell me it's something simple, I'm lost on this one.  
> Thank=
> s for your help.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Enjoy, Joe</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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