8n Starting blues, me too, continued.

I rechecked the distributor as suggested earlier. The points have not slipped. (History: It started just fine after I replaced plugs, wires, and all electrical in distributor. It quit starting about 2 days after the electrical work.)

(1948, front mount, 8n, 12v fully charged, carb rebuilt with short kit, float and adjustment good, all electrical new except coil. Operator is mechanically inclined, but not a mechanic.)

Eamon

if the coil voltages look good then check to see if you have about a quarter inch of nice blue white fire at the plugs--my bet is you will get something less and orangish

if the coil voltages look bad you need to work backwards up the primary circuit

just need to remember you are smarter than the tractor