Allen in NE

Posted by Jak on August 02, 2006 at 10:26:39 from (208.47.18.61):

I have a Super 88 Oliver that ran great with the points.I decided to help it out this last winter and set the valves and upgrade to electronic ignition.Here came the problems!At first the tractor cranked and ran good,then it got hard to start,started spinning and spinning then finally started but still ran good.Then it got so bad the battery went bad so I replaced it with a 750 CCA battery but still wouldn't hit.I rebuilt the starter thinking it was drawing too much voltage from the Pertronix,didn't fixit but I did get it to start.Got it running and it did fine for about 5 minits then it died and never started again.Looked at everything in disgust and was just fixing to reinstall the points cause it ran for years before with them and all the sudden with the electronic ignition it was messing up.I decided to look at the electronic pick up so I took it out.It had a crack all around the black plastic module.I called CBS Performance where I got the Ignition and told them what happened and Gary said they had some problems in the past but he would send me another and he did.I put in the new one and the 88 runs strong without any problems starting or running now.My conclusion was # I had to make SURE I had a good ground system,mine wasn't good enough so I ran a cable from the battery to the starter and one to the frame.#2 the ignition was faulty from the getgo and had to be replaced.While using the Pertronix the wireing has to be in top notch shape or it can arch/flash searching for a ground and when this happens,boom the module is toast.This was my encounter and it was a pain in the a$$.Just wanted to share that with ya.I used four different Pertronix ignitions in the past in John Deere two cylinders with no problems at all.Maybe it is just a glitch in the 6 cylinder modules???Later Allen,Jack(TN).

Replies:

• Re: Allen in NE the tractor vet 10:38:34 08/02/06 (2)
  • Re: Allen in NE Allan In NE 10:48:06 08/02/06 (1)
    • Re: Allen in NE Jak 14:50:20 08/02/06 (0)
• Re: Allen in NE Allan In NE 10:38:18 08/02/06 (4)
  • Re: Allen in NE Jak 10:45:45 08/02/06 (3)
    • Re: Allen in NE Glen in TX 12:48:05 08/02/06 (2)
      • Re: Allen in NE Jak 14:35:42 08/02/06 (1)
        • Re: Allen in NE Jeff Oliver 19:02:10 08/02/06 (0)

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