Super A Starting Issues, Cont.

I bought a new batter yesterday and the tractor started, only running on about 2 cylinders though. I also have a new coil. I cleaned the points.

I am contemplating the next move. I am considering the following and would like some advice from the "pro"s" if possible!

I was thinking of replacing the points and condensor, I saw on this website you can buy a new ignition system that replaces them. has anyone tried that? Just curious if it was worth it.

Next I did find that the wire from the coil to the cap (the center wire) has one end that had a cracked housing. Like the metal had a crack where they had the center wire bent over against it for contact. I took the connector off and was looking at the center wire and I couldn"t even find one... Which I thought was odd although I assume they are quite a small wire. I am wondering if mine possibly burnt up or broke etc... Is this possible?

So I am going to buy a set of plug wires.

I also thought of pulling the carb off and soaking it for awhile.

what do you guys think? Am I making sense with trying to find this issue or no? Please point me in the correct direction if not.

Thanks! Mark

Id check the points gap and re gap if necessary. If they look pretty good but only gray oxide coated I would non abrasively clean/buff/polish and try her, but if they are badly burned or pitted or all carboned up, I would replace them and the condensor.

If shes not hitting on all cylinders that may only be a plug or plug wire problem unless those cylinders are bad or way low on compression. IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY I WOULD TRY A NEW SET OF PLUGS FIRST THING.

Next if theres any cracks or carbon traces or chips etc anywhere in the distributor cap Id replace it and the rotor in a heartbeat. Not hard or expensive either. A carbon trace or crack can be diverting the spark away from those missing cylinders !!!!! !!!!!

Finally I do NOT recommend carbon core suppressor plug wires on old tractors, use wire core wires. You dont wanan waste any spark energy in the form of heat cuz of resistive wires. Its better to expend all of it across the spark plugs gap to better ignite the fuel.

I will let the IHC guys address any fuel or carb issues.

John T

I also thought of buying the petronix kit. Although for $10 you can replace most of the internals of the old system and the petronix kit was around $40 + shipping... so... We'll see I guess. I figured if someone was using one out there and could advise if they are worth it.

Lastly on those points... What do you make of that? Could a piece get burnt on to one side from the other point? Its almost like it has a key and keyway on it but I never knew that to be like that etc.

A new set of points n condensor plus cap n rotor ought to fix her we think

let us know

PS if you go with an elec switch (pertronix) you get more bang for the buck if you also match it with a high energy coil versus the stock coil

John T