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Try Dell's dollar bill fix first; chances are the problem is as he suggested. If it doesn't work, or the points are shot, you're going to need to remove the distributor. From my experience, most front coil problems are not electrical problems per se; they are connectivity problems: the coil tab or pig tail is grounded or not connecting. First, check for continuity inside the distributor w/ a meter or test light. It is very easy for the tip of the condenser wire or the pig tail to ground to the body of the distributor or the spring clip. Also, make sure the condenser wire does not go through the same opening in the distributor that the coil pig tail does. The condenser wire goes the opening on the top right. Look at the points; are they burned, pitted or mis-aligned? Check the point gap, .015 on all four lobes. Points do slip closed! And, as I know from personal experience, the rubbing block on some of the ‘made overseas’ points do wear out sooner than you would expect. Make sure you have the star washers under the screws on the points. Next, with the distributor still off the tractor, install the coil. Look at the pigtail on the coil; is it touching the brass screw inside of the distributor? Don’t trust your eyes; test for continuity from the top of the coil to the points. If you do not have continuity, stretch the pigtail a bit until you do. (some people would rather put a small washer under the brass screw) Look at the little tab opposite of the pigtail; bend it a bit also to insure that it will contact the distributor cap. At this point, I just put the distributor, coil & cap all back on the tractor as a unit (it helps to loosen the fan belt). The reason I do this is because it is real easy to get the cap or coil mis-aligned trying to put it back together one piece at a time & the result is something gets broken or you get a ‘no spark’ problem. Post back w/ results; we all learn something if you tell us what worked.
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