[AT] Fw: bad condensor?

[charlie hill]

John,  If the coil doesn't fix it you might look for a problem I had on a 
tractor ignition once.  Someone had used a piece of solid copper wire (like 
house wiring) from the coil to the points.  It had work hardened and broken 
over time but would make enough connection to run for about 20 minutes under 
load.  After it started to get warm it would start to break down and 
eventually quit.  It took me several months, a coil, a condenser, new 
points, plugs, cap and rotor and several cussing sessions to finally figure 
it out.

Took 2 minutes and a piece of scrap wire to fix it.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Fw: bad condensor?


> Runs too good to be a loose carb. Likewise I doubt the muffler is stopped
> up, it has plenty of power for about 2 minutes. Saturday I was in my sixth
> cut through a 10" log before it started breaking down. I'm going to try to
> switch coils this weekend and see what happens.
>
> As for stopped up mufflers, seen it several times. The IH dealer dad 
> worked
> for sold Echo also. couldn't tell you how many 2 minute repairs they made 
> by
> removing the spark arrestor screen.
> And then there were the 3 different occasions that dirt dobbers built a 
> nest
> in the muffler.
>
> John
>
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