[AT] Electrical Problems..Please help

[Richard Fink Sr]

Broken wire in side covering or GROUND  small possibility coil wired back 
wards
R Fink
PA




At 08:38 PM 7/29/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>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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>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.
>
>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.
>
>Please tell me it's something simple, I'm lost on this one.  Thank= s for 
>your help.
>
>Enjoy, Joe
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