[AT] More Ford Jubilee Adventures

[Cecil R Bearden]

I spent nearly a day trying to get a forklift to run even though it 
would fire, but not run due to a condensor that was the wrong one.  I 
would find a point/condenser set.  Tractor supply has some or Oreilly's 
might get one.   If you put a Pertronix solid state ignition on it, your 
problems would be solved....

Cecil in OKla



On 8/2/2015 3:51 PM, Mogrits wrote:
> I don't know how people who farm for a living trust employees with their
> expensive equipment, as I manage to do enough harm to my equipment on my
> own!
>
> I have a habit of, when finishing with my Jubilee, of closing the fuel
> valve and letting the tractor exhaust the fuel in the bowl and line. While
> I wait for it to stop I'm usually putting up gloves, the seat cushion or in
> general doing something else like looking for a cold beverage. I can get
> distracted before is stops.
>
> So when I went to use it today after not using for a couple months I
> realized the battery was dead and I'd left the key on. So I connect the
> charger and do something else for a while and come back and try to start
> it. No fire. The coil meanwhile is hot as hades. I pull a plug and ground
> it and no spark. By this time the coil is too hot to touch so I figure the
> ignition circuit fried the coil and I went to O Reillys (closest to me) and
> got a coil that crossed to the one I took out. Put it in and still no
> spark. I pull the dizzy cap and cleaned the points- still nothing. I'm
> thinking the key screw-up also got the condenser so I rummage my "stuff"
> and find one from my my MGB. It is less than half the size but the tractor
> and MGB use the same coil and are both 4 bangers so I figure what the heck.
> Put it in and it did fire but will not run.
>
> What do you guys think? Will putting in the right condenser get it running
> again or is it likely something else as well? I have no experience swapping
> parts from cars to tractors and have no idea how condensers are measured
> other than they are both 12v vehicles and use the same coil. Any
> speculation welcomed.
>
> Thanks
> Warren
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