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

[Al Jones]

You'll figure it out when you're lying on the ground with a numb hand and arm ;)

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff & Ginny Pomije <vjpomije at bevcomm.net>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2011 12:18 PM
>To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
>Subject: Re: [Farmall] [Bulk (7.09) ] Re: [Bulk (7.09) ] Re: Super C Problem
>
>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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