[AT] Troubleshooting no start

[charlie hill]

Greg you can just replace the 6 V battery with a 12V if you like as long as 
you don't try  to run the 6 V. lights.  The starter won't fuss about the 
extra voltage as long as you don't decide to run it for a couple of minutes 
at the time.  You could use a ballast resister to get back down to 6 volts 
for the lights.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Troubleshooting no start


>
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't you hook up a 12 volt 
> battery to just the coil. I think you would have to match the polarity to 
> the battery in it now. It wouldn't hurt the points to run for a short time 
> and would tell you if a weak spark could be the problem. Also, and this is 
> just a maybe, my experience has been that when a tractor won't start and 
> the plugs are sooted I have to change to new ones to get it started. After 
> I get it running good again and fix the original problem, I can usually 
> put in the cleaned plugs and work the tractor to get it hot and the plugs 
> will clean up and be fine.
> Greg Hass
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