[Ford-ferguson] 601 running bad

[Chris Britton]

Quit blindly buying ignition parts without doing some investigation first. 
When she dies, pull the secondary wire from the distrb cap and hold near the 
block and crank over.  Got big blue spark?  If so quit replacing the coil 
and points...

If no spark, the first thing i'd check is the ignition switch... Jumper a 
wire right fromt he battery to the coil primary input terminal.

Also.. I doubt you will find a modern ignition coil that actually 
incorporates a seperate restive element, outside of it's primary winding. 
instead, i think you will find that most coils primary resistance is just 
determined by wire gauge and length.

A NAPA IC14SB is a 'generic' 15$ 12v coil.. no resistor needed ( and no 
internal resistor.. it's primary is simply enough resistance as it is 
wound.. )

Soundguy

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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:09:15 -0500
> From: Jack Massimino <btyler at provide.net>
> Subject: [Ford-ferguson] Ford 601 carb question
> To: ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com
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> Hi Folks,
> I have a problem with my 601.  I bought it last year in December (2005) it
> ran great from then till around May.  It would start and run and then 
> under
> load after it warmed up it would quit.  It acted like it ran out of gas. 
> I
> made sure it had gas, checked the screen and pulled the plug out of the
> bottom of the carb to make sure it had gas flow.  I finally called the
> dealer I bought it from and they came and got it.  I was told it needed 
> the

> carb rebuilt.  They brought it back and it did the same thing so back they
> came.  This time the head mechanic said the guy who rebuilt it did it 
> wrong
> and he re rebuilt it.  He cleaned the gas tank and replaced the points and
> condenser too.  I got it back and it started doing good,  Then a month
> later it was right back to messing up again.  I talked to my brother who 
> is
> a mechanic and has been all his life.  He suggested I put a new coil with 
> a
> resistor built in, it was converted to 12V before I got it.  I also got
> some new points and condenser.  I put all that in and it ran pretty
> good.  It has been running ok but every once in awhile it seems to "cough"
> and then smooth out.  Today I was out trying to plow snow.  It would start
> running rough and then stall.  It also acted like it ran out of gas
> again.  It would smooth out and run and then act up again.  It also seemed
> to act like it ran out of gas when I would go up a slight incline.  I am 
> at
> a loss.  Any suggestions??
>
> Jack in Michigan