[Farmall] [Bulk (7.09) ] Re: [Bulk (7.09) ] Re: Super C Problem

[Jeff & Ginny Pomije]

Hmm, not sure how to take that phrase "painfully obvious".

Jeff

On 8/3/2011 11:10 AM, Jim Becker wrote:
> You can also check it with no tools, just by holding a spark plug wire near
> a good ground and looking for a fat, blue spark.  If you're not much of a
> mechanic, you can just hold the wire and crank it over.  If there is a good
> spark, it will be painfully obvious.
> Jim Becker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Sloane
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 7:44 AM
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] [Bulk (7.09) ] Re: Super C Problem
>
> You can buy inexpensive spark checkers, but here is one I made many
> years ago
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/tools__equipment/ignition_tester.html>.
> In fact, I dug it out of my tool box just the other day and used it on
> the engine of an International 184 that refused to start when hot. I
> hooked it up and spun the engine with the starter and got a nice blue
> spark, and that eliminated 1/3 of the alternatives - you need three
> things to make a gas engine run:
> 1. spark
> 2. compression
> 3. fuel
>
> If you have spark and fuel, then you start to look for compression
> problems - burned valves, sticking valves, bad/broken rings, etc.
>
> Chasing this kind of problem can be very frustrating, but you just have
> keep eliminating things, starting with the easiest/cheapest, and working
> down the list.
>
> Mike
>
> On 8/3/2011 8:10 AM, Jeff&  Ginny Pomije wrote:
>> As noted before, I am not much of a mechanic.  How do I do this?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On 8/2/2011 10:03 PM, Jim Becker wrote:
>>> Next time it does it, immediately stop and check the spark at the spark
>>> plugs.  That should make it obvious whether the problem is ignition  or
>>> fuel.  My guess is fuel.
>>> Jim Becker
>>>
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