[AT] Cub problem

[Doug Tallman]

I'm not familiar with the Cub mag but .013 sounds too close on the 
points. I'd think more around .018-.020. Doug T



Dan Glass wrote:
> While I was checking stuff I would also go ahead and replace the spark 
> plugs with Champion D21.  They are a little hotter and will help you 
> burn not so good gas.
> On 8/8/2013 10:15 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
>   
>> 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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