Posted by Jeff B. on December 21, 2008 at 19:21:54 from (69.20.162.151):
In Reply to: Farmall M won't run posted by George in Nebr on December 21, 2008 at 16:10:29:
I just had a frustrating experience similar to this. Tractor would start and run for 15-30 seconds before sputtering and puking till it quit. I cleaned the lines, put in a carb kit and still had the same problem. On a hunch, while it was sputtering I walked around to the other side and watched a big blue spark arcing from the coil tower to the small terminal. I thought it was a bad coil, but upon closer inspection the problem turned out to be a bad coil wire and nothing more. I guess the resistance was so great the spark found an easier path to ground across the coil terminals. Could be something to look at in your case.
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