[Farmall] Farmall H Question

[Charlie V]

Thanks for the update, my friend.  The devil is in the details, is it not.

Charlie V.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:07 AM, <szabelsk at gdls.com> wrote:

> Just to bring everybody up to date on my issue. I tracked the problem down
> to a broken wire in the electrical system. I figured it had to be
> something electrical so I started by checking the points, condenser, and
> the coil. Pulled out the old engine analyzer and everything checked out.
> Figured I'd check to see if I was getting voltage were it needed to be.
> Started to check for voltage at the coil. When I didn't find 12V at the
> coil, I disconnected the wire at the kill switch and connected it to the
> battery terminal side of the starter switch with a jumper wire made of a
> couple of alligator clips. Got 12V at the coil, hit the starter switch,
> and it started right up. Ran all day with the jumper wire in place and
> didn't have any issues.  When I was done I just removed the jumper wire.
> Had to work some other jobs during the week and didn't get around to
> looking for the problem until yesterday.
>
> Started by checking for voltage at every connection point along the entire
> 12V circuit.  Checked for voltage, disconnected the wires and cleaned them
> up even if I found 12V, reconnected and checked again. When I got to the
> kill switch, I lost it. Disconnected the hot wire from the kill switch and
> started to clean the terminal. That's when the lug essentially came off in
> my hand. Crimped on a new lug, reconnected the wire and found 12V.
> Reconnected the wire from the coil to the other side of the kill switch,
> and had 12V at the coil.
>
> Didn't bother to start the engine since I'm sure I've fixed the problem.
> Will be cutting grass this weekend, weather permitting, so I'll know for
> sure. But I'm pretty confident I've got it fixed.
>
> Thanks to everybody that responded to the original e-mail. Lots of helpful
> suggestions, a few I'd forgotten about.
>
> Carl Szabelski
>
> The Borg Are Wrong, Resistance Is Not Futile ..... It's Voltage / Current
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