[AT] Points

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Mar 8 09:37:35 PST 2017


Very interesting Ivan

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ivan
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 8:43 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Points

> I have the same problem with my farmall a if it sits a couple months . By 
> accident I stumbled onto a way to start it even when its damp outside .
  JC whitney used to sell a emergency ignition system for gm with the
early electronic system . It is basically a high voltage supply that
makes a continious  spark able to jump a 1/2 inch . One wire to B+,one
to B  - third wire goes into the center of the distributor cap . It has
a evil whine to it but it takes about two revolutions to start the
tractor , let it run for about two minutes and shut it down and put  the
regular coil wire back on . Something about the points running for a
short time shatters the corrosion right off them and it will run after
that for a couple months .
  There is a guy in canada who sell a kit for a similar device, all you
have to do is assemble it and use it . Price is very reasonable .   Ivan


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