New way to keep from starting.

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Doing some playing around... I mean working on the WD today getting ready for winter. I put the recharged battery and fresh gas in it, but it wouldn't start. It sounded like it wasn't firing, so I suspected the cheap switch I had put in this summer had given up the ghost.  
That wasn't it, I had good spark on both sides of the ballast resistor and going to the points; but no spark at the contacts. By now I think the new this summer points, with about five hours on them have somehow burnt up. 

I got a flashlight (it was pretty dark in the barn), so I could see what I was doing. 

When I opened the points with a screwdriver I saw sparks coming from the spring. It had somehow rotated down to where itr made enough contact with the baseplate of the distributor to ground the current. Once I moved it, the tractor started like it is supposed to.

I have no idea how this happpened; I ran it several times after installing the points, I'm just glad it wasn't -20 with three feet of snow to clear when it happened.

Something to watch out for, I guess.

Robert 

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Orange Tractors Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Butler, MO Points: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote Orange Tractors Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New way to keep from starting. Posted: 18 Dec 2011 at 5:27pm
	Doing some playing around... I mean working on the WD today getting ready for winter. I put the recharged battery and fresh gas in it, but it wouldn't start. It sounded like it wasn't firing, so I suspected the cheap switch I had put in this summer had given up the ghost. That wasn't it, I had good spark on both sides of the ballast resistor and going to the points; but no spark at the contacts. By now I think the new this summer points, with about five hours on them have somehow burnt up. I got a flashlight (it was pretty dark in the barn), so I could see what I was doing. When I opened the points with a screwdriver I saw sparks coming from the spring. It had somehow rotated down to where itr made enough contact with the baseplate of the distributor to ground the current. Once I moved it, the tractor started like it is supposed to. I have no idea how this happpened; I ran it several times after installing the points, I'm just glad it wasn't -20 with three feet of snow to clear when it happened. Something to watch out for, I guess. Robert

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Steve in NJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Andover, NJ Points: 11992	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve in NJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 8:17am
	Robert, If your Tractor is converted to 12V, loose the ballast resistor and install an internal resisted 3.0 ohm coil. Mother Nature plays havoc with ballast resistors. That's probably your problem..... Steve@B&B