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8Ngine
02-21-2001 14:19:06
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After purchasing my '49 8N nearly a month ago, I've had nothing but problems with it. First the plugs were bad. Then something happened that made it miss and backfire badly and had no power. Worked on diagnosing that problem for two weeks. Then, after some encouragement from some of you and a few bottles of bravery (Michelob), I removed the distributor. Saw that the points were closed, no gap regardless of how the dist cam was turned. So... I went out today, bought new plugs, wires, points, condenser, rotor, dist cap and coil. Gapped the points at .015, the plugs at .025. Put in the new plugs, put the dist back on (felt around to make certain the tang lined up with the groove). Fired her up and she sounded sweeter than ever. When I bought it, it was running okay, but it's running excellent now except for one problem. The engine seems to be running too fast even if it's idling slow. I played with the idle screw and although it did cut down the idle, it seems the engine is running ahead of the idle speed. Does that make sense? I'm almost positive I put the dist in precisely as I removed it, but since I've never seen the inside of a dist or engine or anything mechanical before, I may not have reinstalled it correctly. Is it possible to reinstall the dist 180 degrees off and the timing is advanced too much. Also, I have to move the throttle up to nearly 1/3 now to get an increase in idle speed, which I didn't have to do before, but I can take off in first with no throttle (no load). Just a little confused. What did I miss or screw up??? At least I have a running tractor now!!! Never thought I'd see the day. Thanks to all who helped. Perhaps I'll be able to help a newbie someday :)
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