Posted by Blowefosho on November 12, 2023 at 13:16:17 from (174.202.104.58):
In Reply to: HELP Massey 165 posted by Blowefosho on November 09, 2023 at 19:11:29:
Alright I wanted to give an update, I've been messing with it for most of the day. Since I had the valve cover off I went ahead and checked valve clearances. I only did a slight adjustment on cylinder one but I don't think it really made much difference. I also rechecked top dead center with the valve cover off And I was quite a bit off on the timing somehow.. in between an 1/8 and 1/4 turn. I put everything back together rechecked spark plug wires, cleaned the points again, and swapped out the condenser with the old one I had. Few small tweaks on idle screw and it's sounding good again.. fired up and running! I appreciate all the ideas and suggestions! So in the end I'm not really sure what the main issue was.. The timing was definitely off but I don't know how it could move that much while driving the tractor. And I would think if it was slipping it would slowly start running crapier and crapier until it wouldn't run at all, not just all of the sudden stop. Maybe it was the condenser as well. I have no way to test them to see if they both are good but I may go ahead and get another spare on hand. I'm just so relieved it's running again hopefully it stays that way!
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