[Farmall] Farmall not starting---still!

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Make sure the condenser is not touching the case and shorting out. Also  
clean all connections and the brass posts they connect to. Sometimes just a  
simple over look can cause no spark.  
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2009 11:17:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ebony51 at frontiernet.net writes:

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


----- Original Message  -----
From: ebony51 at frontiernet.net
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list"  <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009  8:32:52 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
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>
To:  "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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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