Posted by Steve on April 08, 2006 at 11:18:35 [URL] :
In Reply to: frustrated with 8n posted by jeff z on March 13, 2006 at 20:15:50:
I had the same problem and it lasted for weeks. Finally I decided to recheck all the electrical. Took points out, reset, reset the timing when I had the distributor out, changed the plugs, changed the spark plugs....didn't help the problem. Finally I changed the coil. That worked. It has cranked ever since. I took the old coil to the shop and sawed it in half. Two of the poles had crystalized and melted some of the bakelite. I don't know why this happened but it made since to me after I thought about it. I always had had fire on the plug wires, the coil just wasn't producing enough to crank the tractor every time. Hope this helps.
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