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Rick. First, make sure battery is fully charged. You didn"t say if it was 6v or 12v and if it had a front or side distributer. It doesn"t really make that much difference because the fix is all the same. 1. there are only three things needed to run this engine. Fuel, spark, compression. For the moment, we will presume that the compression is ok. 2. Take the air-intake off of the carburetor and spray some starting fluid into the throat and, turn on the key, and try to start. If it starts mementarily, then you are not getting fuel. Take the fuel line off at the top of the carburetor and see if you have fuel flowing. If not, then you have a stopped up valve in the bottom of the fuel tank. Happens all of the time. Or if there is a filter, then it might be stopped up. Clean and make sure fuel is flowing.
If you have fuel at the top of the carburetor, then you have a dirty carburetor and you should take it off again, take it apart and soak it 24 hours in solvent. If it doesn"t start using starting fluid, then you have a spark problem. Run a wire from the battery post that is NOT attached to the chasis (ground) (Neg, if 6v, or Pos. if 12v) to the top of the coil. Try to start again. If it starts, then you have either a bad ignition switch or bad ballast resister, or faulty wireing. If it doesn"t start, then you have isolated it down to either the points, capacitor, coil, or faulty wireing at these points. If it starts at any point, then you have isolated the problem and you will have to remove the wire that you ran from the battery to the top of the coil. If none of the above helps, then we will have to deal with the compression...And don"t think of yourself as stupid. You bought yourself a nice Ford tractor didn"t you?. We all had to start someplace and with help from our friends on this board, anything can be repaired... Let us know what is happening....JMHO...Ron
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