[AJD] Hard starting

[Bill Salisbury]

Assuming that compression is good and the fuel is fresh, hard starting is 
usually caused by weak ignition.  First place to look there is a bad 
condenser.  Also check points being clean and free of corrosion where the 
point's frame meets the plate on which it is fastened.  Corrosion there can 
cause a bad ground connection.  Check the points contacts for being clean 
and free of any oxide and then properly adjusted.  After you have gone 
through all of that, and still don't have a hot spark, re-charge the magnet 
in the magneto.  Weak magnets are notorious for putting out poor spark at 
cranking speeds.  Good HT wires are a must.

Bill Salisbury
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7jdj at aol.com>
To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Hard starting


>I have a B that is also hard starting.  I haven't run it in over a  year.
> Another B I had was easy to start and I use to run it on diesel,  start on
> gas.  I always use to turn the fuel off when I shut it down so it  would 
> be
> easy to start on gas.  I do the same thing with an old Lincoln  welder I 
> have
> and it seems to start easier for some reason when I shut it down  by fuel
> starvation. Keep us posted as I need to fix my hard starting B as  well.
>
> Gary
> Renton, WA.
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