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Thanks for your help with the distributor. I needed to take it out for a tune-up because the fellow who installed the home-made loader came so close to the block with the arms that I can"t get my head in there to see what I"m doing while the distributor is in the engine. Moreover, I wanted to do a tune-up because, despite a rebuilt carb, new rotor, cap and plugs, and lots of other fooling including new wiring and ignition switch, all winter I"ve been needing to heat the carb with a heat lamp for 10 minutes before the tractor would start. Well, I got out there today (only about -10C) and took a whack at the distributor. Took about a half hour of whacks, in fact--but gentle ones. Out it came, and I was able to change points, etc. Interesting note here: whoever last changed the points retained the fibre washer that would have insulated the old-style moving point from the stationary one, with the result that the new-style points were misaligned by about half of their diameter. Was it any wonder that they were burned beyond recognition and the tractor was hard starting? In addition, as I worked I found that the carburetor mounting gasket had hardened, and air was leaking in all around it. I suspect that this was the immediate cause of all my problems, as I just was not getting enough gas to the plugs until I practically boiled the carb. Hard to find, easy to fix; just look for gas falling down from the carb flange. AND, the little spring fell off my choke. Re-attaching that made a real difference. ON TOP OF ALL THAT, my good ol" Lucas plug wire connections were badly corroded, and it"s a wonder that I was getting any spark at all. Anyway, it now runs, and runs well, despite the Lucas electrics. Too bad, Prince of Darkness! Thanks again.
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