[AT] Firing on two instead of four
LeRoy Price III
leroy_price3 at hotmail.com
Sat Nov 25 19:04:10 PST 2006
Just sort of had this problem with my Pacer. I had to clean everything in
the distributor including the points and don't forget the rotor. I had a
lot of build up on the rotor section as it goes by the contacts.
>From: "Tim Nobles" <tnobles at netsync.net>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
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>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: [AT] Firing on two instead of four
>Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:48:18 -0500
>
>Hey,
> I was playing a short time today with my Case SC which I got at the end
>of the summer. It had sat for a few years. I couldn't get it to fire at
>first when I picked it up in August, but just put in four new plugs and it
>ran great.
> Anyway, lately it has been running on just two cylinders. So I took
>the plugs out and cleaned them and laid each individually down and turned
>the engine over. Had strong spark in all four. But still only running on
>two. Had a new spark plug wire which I tried and still the two would not
>fire when tractor was running. Even switched the good wires to the bad
>plugs and vice-versa....same results.
> My last test was I pulled the wire to the plugs which were not firing
>off the distributor cap while the tractor was runnining. As I held it
>about 1/2 inch from the distibutor, it arced and fired. Did the same with
>the other wire which wasn't firing. Cleaned the contacts and reconnected
>the wires. Same old thing.
> Suggestions??? Is the distributor bad? Tried to look close for cracks
>or wear. Looking for the next step.
>
> Thanks. I don't contribute much anymore, but still lurk.
>
>Tim Nobles
>tnobles at netsync.net
>
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