PARADISE FOUND - FIXED!!!!!!

Well, I don't know about your parts - but locally here in LA, the tractor places want alot of $ for a replacement front mount ignition coil for the old 8N. Funny thing is that it sounds somewhat cleaner and smoother with the changing of the wires and the adjustment of the points, but it seems to have 'less power' - Let me see if I can explain. It seems REALLY WEAK until the throttle gets around 2/3 or 3/4 power - before that point it sounds VERY weak - almost like it is not in adjustment properly.

Then when I take off in 2 or 3 gear it has good acceleration then kinda falls back down and slows up a little. It is like the throttle/governor or cabr is out of place now. Would that be affected since now I am actually running on all 4 cylinders and not the 3 before. (plug 3 had no wire in it just rubber gasket) haha. How do readjust the governor, carb or whatever. Thanks!

Any ideas? Thanks so much for all of the information!

Andy

Coils are tough to diagnose. I bought 2. One broke (post) and one was bad out of the box. From now on I buy all my electrical parts at TSA or Advance (yes they can get most N ignition parts next day)
You may pay more but both places guarantee satisfaction. More than I can say for the FNH dealer.

Oh yeah, I ended up putting back on the original coil. It was fine, I had so many other marginal parts and connections that I couldnt get a healthy spark until I redid all the electrics.

Dont forget to replace the switch if its old and funky. It can cause many phantom wierdnesses.

Sorry, no advice on the carb. Lots in the archives.