[AT] MF 50

[H. L. Staples]

Driving an old Ford pick-up, it suddenly died. Did some checking the
distributor rotor was not turning when cranking.
Pulled the distributor and found that the roll-pin in the small 
gear on the distributor shaft was sheared ???

No reasonable explanation for the pin shearing, guess it was just mad.
Anyway replaced the pin, timed the distributor and 
the old girl and the fired right up. 

Troubles are sometimes thick and sometimes thin.

H.L.

 
At 12:57 PM 5/20/2010, you wrote:
>I have a good yard tractor MF 50 , or was good to me but, the
>distributor rotor does not turn. I took it out, could not feel
>anything turning on the dist shaft so that seems ok, gear looks
>good...hat to ask..is it possible the cam gear driving the
>distributor is bad?? I put it back in after timing it DTC #1 on fire
>and hit the starter--tried to start then backfired. With the
>distributor in (yes, it is all the way down and locked) I could not
>turn the rotor. But, when I hit the starter the rotor does not turn?
>and weird..
>Wayne