Posted by JohnV2000 on May 19, 2020 at 04:20:10 from (174.229.10.78):
Hello everyone!
It has been a crazy past few months, and I have been super busy trying to finish out my semester of college online and also trying to stay safe and manage other aspects of my life.
I finally have some more free time, so I have been using my Farmall Super C more around my property for pulling out bushes, dragging some logs, and other work.
Recently, I was running the tractor and when I opened up the throttle almost all the way, it started sputtering. I closed the throttle almost to idle and the engine starting running smoothly again. Then, a minute later, I opened up the throttle again and the engine immediately shut off. I have not been able to start it since then.
The starting motor is definitely working, and there is definitely enough gas in the tractor. I checked gas flow to the carb and it seems to be getting a very good flow.
Using a simple test light, I checked the electrical system to see if a faulty wire was to blame. The test light lit up when I checked both sides of the resistor above the coil, so clearly the resistor is getting electricity.
Then, I checked the two wires that go out of the coil, I am not sure what they are called. They both lit up my test light, so I do not think that is the problem. The one wire that goes from the coil to the side of the distributor also lit up at both ends.
The one area where I think there might be a problem is the connection between the coil and distributor cap. I do not know the terminology, but it is the big thick black wire (similar looking to the ones that go from distributor cap to spark plugs) that connects in the middle of the distributor cap and runs to the center of the one side of the coil.
How do I test if that big black wire from the coil to distributor cap is getting electricity? Should I be able to feel a spark?
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