[Farmall] Farmall not starting---still!

ebony51 at frontiernet.net ebony51 at frontiernet.net
Mon Aug 3 08:15:15 PDT 2009


OKay,  I checked with my light. When the switch is on, I am getting juice to the points.  Just no spark.  I put on a different coil, still same response.  Cleaned the points.  Still no spark.  What is it point towards (the condenser is new, but that does not mean it is good).

Larry


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From: ebony51 at frontiernet.net
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Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall not starting---still!

Mike,  I will double check, but I am getting juice out of the switch when it is one.   And, the tractor had ran previously, and I had not changed the wiring at the switch.  It is toggle switch a previous owner installed when they converted it to 12 volt with a coil.

Thanks

Larry 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 6:52:31 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall not starting---still!

Check the switch position: the switch for a magneto works just the 
opposite of an electric ignition - it shorts to ground when pushed in 
and opens when pulled out. Depending on how they did the conversion from 
mag to electric, they might have left the switch as is and used it 
backwards ("off" is out, and "on" is in).

Mike

Larry wrote:
> Check the coil. No spark/voltage to the points usually mean the coil (low 
> voltage/battery side) does not have continuity, i.e. burned out.  Use an ohm 
> meter or even a simple lamp in the circuit.   Plus from the battery directly 
> to the coil. minus or ground side of the coil to the negative side of the 
> battery should produce enough of a little spark to see and/or hear. One 
> other possibility is a bad ignition switch or connection in that circuit. If 
> you don't have an ohm meter a simple test lamp will suffice.
> 
> Larry P.
> 
> 
>> Well, I am still not  the Farmall A started.  No spark to points.  I put 
>> on new points and new condenser.  Set ththe points at .20 and cleaned 
>> them.   Had the coil checked.  Put in new distributor gear (old one had a 
>> chip in it so the rotor had quite a bit play in it).   Put a new magneto 
>> cap on it (it is converted from magneto to 12 volts and the magneto is 
>> being used as a distributor.  Put a new wire from the end of the condenser 
>> to the base of the points (that is a pain) thinking that it might have a 
>> short in it.
>>
>> Finally quite tonight at 9:30.  Any suggetions.
>>
>> I have been messing with this thing off and an on now for a month.
>>
>> Larry H.
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