Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on June 30, 2009 at 08:26:05 from (99.151.43.20):
In Reply to: No spark posted by Mark Luce on June 30, 2009 at 06:05:27:
I was using a city owned Ford tractor one time doing some mowing for them and the tractor suddenly just quit.
The points were so worn away that they no longer closed to allow electrical field build up in the coil. Celebration in town the next day so I wanted to get the mowing done and neither of the two auto shops in town had point sets.
Had a pack of gum with me so I peeled the paper and aluminum foil apart and wrapped the foil around the points and closed them enough to smash a flat spot on it.
Guess what, the old tractor fired right up and I finished the mowing before parking it for the day.
Who knew that a gum wrapper could be used to repair a tractor?
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