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- Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:56 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Prestolite distributor problem
- Replies: 5
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Hi Stan, since doing that I have spark now BUT it still won't run. Turns over great & will continue to turn over till the battery runs down. It has done this from the beginning of my ignition problem. Just wont run. I will take the carb apart "again" tho I don't think that is what it is. I am just a...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Prestolite distributor problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4907
Prestolite distributor problem
I am the one who has been having the "Ignition, NO spark issue" in a previous thread. I have a gas 1964 2010 with a prestolite distributor (part # IBT4101). The insulator (part #T 16587 T) must have been replaced at some point with something that looked similar to JB Weld that just disintegrated whe...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:40 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
Yup, that is the part # s they sold me. The new rotor does not fit snuggly like the old one did and the old rotor fits snug to the new cap. ??? Wonder if the wrong rotor was put in the box. I did make "another" 2 hr round trip to town & bought a new rotor & cap at Car quest as NAPA did not have one ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
Reason for replacing old rotor & cap they were heavily marked. I have purchased a rotor from NAPA & one from Car Quest both are NOT tight fitting like the old rotor & have marked the new dist. cap. and I haven't even got the thing running yet, it only turns over. Anyone else had this problem with re...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:31 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:48 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:56 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:03 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
I live "out" so a 2 hour round trip to NAPA... they tested the coil @ 10 volts, I got same with volt meter. They said it "should" still start BUT I bought a new one anyway and a timing light!. The coil says on it "external resistor needed". I can not find a resistor on the crawler???? Stan, ]Next st...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:53 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
YOU need to see how yours is hooked-up you can NOT just change it back and forth ....FIRST do you still have a generator? or has it been upgraded to an alternator? IF you have an alternator you will have (ALMOST GUARANTEED) a negative system ........ IF you have NEG. ground then you hook power to t...
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:03 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
OK I have cleaned points, checked open points with volt meter & get 12 volts with switch on. Still no spark. Stan, I read many of your post, you are so knowledgeable! I copy & print them & put them in my owners manual in the appropriate chapter. I also have jrichard, Tigerhaze, Lavoy & others in my ...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:33 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
Hi Stan, "Also, you do have this hooked up positive ground, right? If it is negative ground there will be a weaker spark from the coil than with it positive ground." How do I get a positive ground? I have a wire from the switch to the positive side of the coil ,then the negative side of the coil goe...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:39 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
jrichard, I will start by cleaning the points (with alcohol & qtip?) just to make sure there is no oil on them. halwelch, I did replace the wire, I will try to find that fuse & check it out. fundytides, I checked the rotor is turning new rotor left mark in new cap. I am at a loss as what else to try...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:28 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:19 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Ignition, no spark problem help!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39502