Posted by ldb on January 06, 2013 at 19:22:19 from (207.119.219.212):
Hello everyone, hope everyone had a merry XMAS and happy new yr. I purchased this tractor last yr. ran and started good during warm weather. It didn't start so good when it got cold. Read a thread about cleaning spark plugs with torch did that and Wire brush them also and regaped. Plugs were dirty. Tried to start turned over good but no start. Checked carb flow that was good. A couple of days prior I forgot and left the starter toggle switch on and did not flip to off position. (getting old to remember those important things). So I better check the points. Sure enough I found a nipple on one side, so I filed it off to make it flush again, not to much. Checked to see if I had spark at points, did have spark but looked weak. I don't have a manual yet so I set it about .015. I then wire brushed and cleaned the inside of dist cap. I tried to restart turned over good but no start. I then decided to try my spark plug tester on #4 plug to see if I had spark coming thru- no spark. I also tried the old fashion way, take a plug out and grd to frame and crank eng. to see spark, when I did that the eng. would not crank at all, I did hear a click somewhere sounded like it was coming from a switch??????? Put the plug back in and tried to crank again and would not turn over at all.( Hope you guys are staying awake reading this ) Really confused -fustrated now. I then decided to check the starter toggle switch to bypass with no luck, I was getting pwr to the switch but none thru switch. For some reason I decided to check the points again and I wedged them open and checked the starter switch again for pwr thru it and then it had pwr coming thru?????? Reinstalled the dist and tried to start no turn over at all. Battery had good chg. 12.6 with charger on while trying to crank. It is kind of strange that the engine will not crank when there is a spark plug or plug wire removed. Not sure if I shorted something out or what. I check pwr to the bendix, it was also 12.6. Tried to start running a jumper (pliers) across bendix, no luck. Sorry for the long thread and hope you guys have your thinking caps on. Thanks for all the help.
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