ford 8n not enough spark??? wont start!

Soundguy

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However.. from what yuo are saying.. I'm gonna assume 6v and side mount distribuitor.

First thing. You painted it. Have you removed the ground clamp cable and sanded the spot down to bare metal and reinstalle dit, and then cleaned battery cable and terminal ends?

Now.. the coil wires need to be metal core.. not modern auto carbon resistor / supressor core.

Have you reset and dressed or replaced the points.

Is the primary wire from the ignition switch to the side coil good and have clean connections ? does the other side of the primary wire from the coil to the distribuitor feed thru bushing have good clean ends and connections?

Does the wire to the ignition switch have clean connections? Have you repalced the ignition switch?

Try jumpering right from the battery to the primary input side of the side mount coil, and see what you get.

Also.. check to see that the distrib is well grounded. Run an ohm check from points base plate to the chassie and make sure it is virtually -0-. Otherwise you can add a supplemental ground from the distrib to the chassie.

Make sure points bushing is intact and that points aren't shorting to ground. make sure the distrib feed thru bushing is intact.

post back with more specific info to get more specific help.

Soundguy

A battery charger on the coil.. how big a charger? if it was a small job.. it may not have been up to the task.

CNH 'factory wires are universal 4 cyl replacement, and are most likely carbon core... Since you really need metal core..check them. Even though CNH inherited ford tractors.. they don't always come thru with historically accurate parts.. especially when they try to make 1 size fits all parts like plug wires..

If you can't check the ground on your distrib.. you may need someone to help you with this project.

Check from breaker plate to chassie with a vom.

Soundguy

Side mount distribs use a round coil that mounts to the right front corner of the engine, and the distrib is setting angled out to the right front side of the block, and has a cap that has 5 nipples, 4 spark plug wires, and 1 coil wire.

It sounds like you have a side mount distribuitor.

It makes it so much easier to help you when you can describe what equipment you have.

At this point it could still be anything to a bad ground at the breaker plate, to coroded points, to a bad coil.

Soundguy