[AT] Cub problem

[charlie hill]

Greg don't get in too big a hurry on that mag.   Did you by chance
use gasoline containing ethanol?   I suspect that is the source of
your rubber hose problem and your carb is probably full of trash and
gunk.  Get a kit and rebuild the carb.  It's old enough that it needs it 
anyway.
Make sure it is spotlessly clean inside and everything is adjusted
back to factory specs.  Then give it another try.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 10:15 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
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