[AT] Points

[tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net]

I have always thought that you are better off if the point contacts are dry.  The WD 40 will likely gum things up.

I use a decreasing contact cleaner.  A business card pulled between the points will work to clean them.  If they are pitted replace and and the capacitor. 


      From: Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
 To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 2:24 PM
 Subject: Re: [AT] Points
   
Thanks Ralph.  For the record I'm still using the original 6V system, and
it still charges the battery fine.  This ignition set is not very old in
terms of running hours.  I think perhaps I might have been the one who
installed it, could have been 10+ years ago.  At that time the tractor
still belonged to its previous owner (the father of a close friend of
mine).  I was often the one who was called upon when it needed tinkering.
Most likely John Deere branded replacment parts, because that's how the
previous owner works.  I'd be surprised if the tractor has 10 running hours
on it since this ignition set was installed.  I use it mainly to move snow
if the piles get really big, which they do only once or twice every 3-4
years.  I have pulled a few stumps with it, and pulled a couple neighbors
stuck machinery.  It's fun to own but you don't exactly drive a crawler in
parades!

SO


On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> On 3/7/2017 1:39 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> >
> > Anybody else have this sort of trouble with points?  Right now, I am
> > conducting an experiment.  After the last run (only a few weeks ago) I
> took
> > a piece of jute and soaked it with WD-40 then stuck it between the points
> > before I buttoned the cap back on and walked away.  At the moment I don't
> > know if this actually works;  a proper test probably entails letting it
> sit
> > 4-6 months.  Ideas?
> >
> > SO
> Its funny,  between my two almost identical Cockshutt tractors (40 and
> 50) the 40 would go forever without
> even needing to open the distributor. Yet the 50 often needed points
> cleaned, or replaced. Since I've converted
> the 50 to 12 volts I have not looked inside it's distributor for years now.
> Seems to me a piece of newspaper pulled through the points was usually
> my first attempt to clean. If that
> wasn't enough I'd get out the points file and do a little work.
> I'm just glad its not the "divers helmet " distributor on the 39 Ford
> flathead V8.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> >
>
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