[AT] Cub problem

[Dean VP]

Greg,

Is your patience shorter than your billfold is long? I've owned several cubs and they are
pretty straight forward.  Did you park it outside?   I would suspect that the points have
become corroded and that you haven't truly gotten them clean yet. If they are relatively
new points they are probably POS imports from China.  The points we can get today are
really bad.  I would work really hard at making sure they are truly clean.  Also make sure
water/condensation hasn't gotten into the gas tank. Water will settle to the bottom of the
tank so draining the tank a little might help.  Also might want to squirt a couple shots
of clean gas into each cylinder and see if you get a couple pops. Also since the tank was
empty some gunk may have gotten into the carburetor. Check the sediment bulb for gunk.  If
you can get a couple pops by putting gas directly into each cylinder the carburetor
probably isn't supplying the gas to the cylinders. First make sure you have good spark
that chase whether you are getting gas to the cylinders.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one
again.


-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Hass
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 7:15 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] Cub problem

In a nutshell, it won't start. I parked it about 3 weeks ago and everything was fine. A
few days ago I went to move it to get to the brush hog and it wouldn't start. I checked
the gas and it was empty.
Started to pour some in and got wet feet, the rubber hose between the tank and inline
filter had split. Fixed that and tried to start again and nothing. Had someone help tow it
to the shop and tried to start it by towing, still nothing. Shot a little starting fluid
in the air cleaner while cranking and nothing which tells me its electrical. This has
magneto ignition (1949 model).  I cleaned out the distributor cap and took off the main
coil cap which both looked ok ( IH mag). Today I took the mag off the tractor any filed
the point and set to .013 as I found online. Put back on tractor, I 'm sure I did it right
as it still won't start. The only problem I had was when I tried to put the rotor back on
I had trouble getting the flat spot to line up with the shaft but I think it's right. My
brother brought over some kind of tester you put between the wire and the plug. The light
barely shows and it was even getting dark. I took one plug out (Champion D 15 Y) ; it was
a little damp and the insulator was sort of brown but that wouldn't cause it to not start
that suddenly. I have always swore if I had trouble I would try to find a battery ignition
unit and replace the mag so I guess now I'm at that point. I think I might have an old mag
from a cub power unit I could try, but as I get older I have less patience to try all this
stuff. So, where do I go from here?

          Greg Hass
_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at