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Electronic Ignition and my Farmall M

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On2Wheels

05-24-2003 08:32:18




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Does anybody have any experience with an electronic ignition such and the Ignitor with a 12 volt negititve ground system and a MSD Blaster coil. The ballast is really confusing me (I eliminated it) and I think I destroyed the Ignitor. I checked the Pertronix Ignitor website and followed all the instructions about checking to see if the coil is capable to use. All specs appeared to be ok.

Any help would be appreicated.

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TO-35man

05-25-2003 08:02:28




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 Re: Electronic Ignition and my Farmall M in reply to On2Wheels, 05-24-2003 08:32:18  
Sounds like you spiked the ignitor and will need a new one...if your tractor is equip with a ballast resitor it steps voltage down to less than 12v....you need to hook the red(pos) ignitor wire to the switch side of the resitor and neg. wire to neg side of coil....this allows the igniotr to recieve full voltage....recheck using the below test....

(For negative ground applications only)
To determine if your systems coil is compatible with the Ignitor, some measurements should be taken prior to installation of the Ignitor. Caution… While performing this test, never leave the ignition switch on for more than 30 seconds at a time.
Set your voltmeter to a 15 or 20-volt scale. Attach an 18 or 20 AWG jumper wire from the negative coil terminal to an engine ground. Attach positive (red) lead of your voltmeter to the positive side of the coil, and the negative (black) lead to an engine ground. Turn the ignition switch to the run position. Now read the voltage at the positive coil terminal. Turn the ignition switch off. If the voltage measured is approximately 12 volts, no resistance wire is present. A typical resistance wire will provide 9 - 6 volts. The next step is to determine the resistance in the primary ignition. Label the wires attached to the coil terminals and note their appropriate location. Make sure that the ignition switch is off and disconnect all wires from the coil. Adjust your meter to the lowest ? ohm scale. If you are using an analog style meter make sure to zero the needle. Measure from the negative terminal to the positive terminal. Write your measurement down.
Now the maximum system amperage can be determined, divide your voltage measurement by your coil resistance measurement. This will give you the system current or amperage.
Four cylinder engines should not exceed 4 amps. Six and eight cylinder engines should not exceed 8.5 amps. If the total amperage in your system is higher than the amount recommended for your application, you should install a ballast resistor. Example Voltage 12 Resistance 1.5 12 / 1.5 = 8 Total amperage 8 hope this helps .....

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big daddy

05-25-2003 23:01:10




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 Re: Re: Electronic Ignition and my Farmall M in reply to TO-35man, 05-25-2003 08:02:28  
put a 1 wire chevrolet altenator and a 12 volt flame thrower coil on it that is all you need



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