ironpony
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If that's the case, then the mystery is why it still runs.
Murphy started a whole new high velocity franchise when ya opened th' barn fer bidness.
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Murphy started a whole new high velocity franchise when ya opened th' barn fer bidness.
Duck
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Left two electrodes in distributor cap show signs of arcing and physical wear even though they're brand new.
One of the two clips that hold it on was effed up but still seemed to hold it tightly.
Distributor cap wasn't perfectly centered over the distributor.
I bet that arcing caused a bunch of electromagnetic science stuff that requires a mixture of letters and numbers and hieroglyphics to explain.
Gotta wait another week for a nickel's worth of spring steel to arrive from north of Seattle.
One of the two clips that hold it on was effed up but still seemed to hold it tightly.
Distributor cap wasn't perfectly centered over the distributor.
I bet that arcing caused a bunch of electromagnetic science stuff that requires a mixture of letters and numbers and hieroglyphics to explain.
Gotta wait another week for a nickel's worth of spring steel to arrive from north of Seattle.
Duck
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I got bored so I made a little road trip with the lawnmower.
This is a memorial thing for a guy who was killed by a careless flatbed trucker who didn't do a tug test.
He lost his trailer making a left turn at this intersection at 2AM and this guy t-boned it at somewhere between 55 and 65 mph. (average speed for this stretch of SR 50)
The grass was high. Any higher and I'd have needed the bush hog.
This is a memorial thing for a guy who was killed by a careless flatbed trucker who didn't do a tug test.
He lost his trailer making a left turn at this intersection at 2AM and this guy t-boned it at somewhere between 55 and 65 mph. (average speed for this stretch of SR 50)
The grass was high. Any higher and I'd have needed the bush hog.
Duck
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Someone needs to come up with a better solution for this slow ass parcel package system. They might as well just send it out with a guy on a horse like they did in the stone age.
It took an entire day to go 97 miles.
Even Prime trucks cover more ground than that.
It took an entire day to go 97 miles.
Even Prime trucks cover more ground than that.
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Rigjockey
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Yes, But not in one daySomeone needs to come up with a better solution for this slow ass parcel package system. They might as well just send it out with a guy on a horse like they did in the stone age.
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It took an entire day to go 97 miles.
Even Prime trucks cover more ground than that.
that's the gooberment for youSomeone needs to come up with a better solution for this slow ass parcel package system. They might as well just send it out with a guy on a horse like they did in the stone age.
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It took an entire day to go 97 miles.
Even Prime trucks cover more ground than that.
. you think that's bad try ordering from amazon or newegg and opt in for the free shipping. you have to wait for the damm truck to get filled up then you have to wait for someone to bid on it before it moves and ofcourse there gonna wait for the cheapest rate to ship it
ironpony
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It took an entire day to go 97 miles.
Even Prime trucks cover more ground than that.
Only in reverse.
Duck
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gearjammer
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actually I have had good luck getting things quickly with USPS, UPS takes longer and FEX EX is the slowest of the lot not to mention the priciest
......Nothing is more fun than playing in a man's garages with his tool toys.
Duck
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The order arrived today. But it's only the little spring clips that hold the distributor cap on. I also ordered a new ballast resistor, which is the only part of the ignition system that hasn't been replaced and it was $14 and the old one is a pile of rust..
But get this..
It was shipped separately.
Both packages were picked up at the same time and I assume they were put on same truck because they were unloaded only 20 minutes apart in Chicago.
One departed Chicago at 3:13 am today and 5 hours later, arrived at my local post office 40 miles away.... 40 miles in 5 hours... But it's here. I just put it on the tractor.
The other didn't leave Chicago until 2:34 pm,... Well if that one also took 5 hours to go 40 miles, there's nobody at my local post office to scan it in after 5pm. It's probably in a trailer dropped in a dock door waiting for the locals to show up and drive it around town for 4-1/2 hours before eventually dropping it off in the mailbox.
But get this..
It was shipped separately.
Both packages were picked up at the same time and I assume they were put on same truck because they were unloaded only 20 minutes apart in Chicago.
One departed Chicago at 3:13 am today and 5 hours later, arrived at my local post office 40 miles away.... 40 miles in 5 hours... But it's here. I just put it on the tractor.
The other didn't leave Chicago until 2:34 pm,... Well if that one also took 5 hours to go 40 miles, there's nobody at my local post office to scan it in after 5pm. It's probably in a trailer dropped in a dock door waiting for the locals to show up and drive it around town for 4-1/2 hours before eventually dropping it off in the mailbox.
frankly, you got me wondering, if you could have used a Chrysler ignition resistor...The order arrived today. But it's only the little spring clips that hold the distributor cap on. I also ordered a new ballast resistor, which is the only part of the ignition system that hasn't been replaced and it was $14 and the old one is a pile of rust..
But get this..
It was shipped separately.
Both packages were picked up at the same time and I assume they were put on same truck because they were unloaded only 20 minutes apart in Chicago.
One departed Chicago at 3:13 am today and 5 hours later, arrived at my local post office 40 miles away.... 40 miles in 5 hours... But it's here. I just put it on the tractor.
The other didn't leave Chicago until 2:34 pm,... Well if that one also took 5 hours to go 40 miles, there's nobody at my local post office to scan it in after 5pm. It's probably in a trailer dropped in a dock door waiting for the locals to show up and drive it around town for 4-1/2 hours before eventually dropping it off in the mailbox.
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Duck
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It's a special type of resistor that warms up and increases it's resistance.
Back in 1939 when this type of tractor was designed, they didn't have good batteries.
They were made of wood or something.
6 volts was even more pathetic.
Anyway with the starter load, voltage drops to about 3, leaving very little for the spark.
So their solution was a resistor that starts out at 0.6 ohms to over-volt the ignition coil a little bit and let it spark and fire up when the starter was dragging down the system.
Then after it's been running a minute, it warms up and increases it's resistance to 1 ohm so it doesn't toast the coil.
Yeah, theoretically I can get rid of it and just put a 1 ohm resistor in it now that the bronze age has passed, thin plate batteries can kick out more amps, and I've upgraded to a 12 volt system.
But the tractor forum guys say that doesn't work well in practice.
Anyway I put the old points back in and fired it up. It runs like a Swiss watch but still has the crazy erratic voltage.
Gotta be the coil. Already ruled out the alternator, temp gauge, induction, and the electronic ignition module.
Duck
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Attached is a video of the multimeter with the leads connected to the battery posts while the tractor was running.
It shows the same 18-19 volts with the alternator disconnected too.
Not in the video, but when I set the meter to the 600 volt AC setting it shows like 9000 volts.. Im-****ing-possible.
It shows the same 18-19 volts with the alternator disconnected too.
Not in the video, but when I set the meter to the 600 volt AC setting it shows like 9000 volts.. Im-****ing-possible.
Duck
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Not unless both of them are broken in the same manner.
And mysteriously function just fine when the engine is off.
New ballast resistor next to the old one that's only getting replaced because it's time to just start aimlessly throwing parts at it until it stops scrambling the voltmeter.
Everything else has been ruled out by process of elimination.
Except the new 12 volt coil... Which is getting replaced with a new new one.
If it still has crazy erratic voltage I'm just going to say the fuck with it and let it fry itself out. In the meantime I'll look for my sledge hammer so I can properly punish the tractor when that happens.
How in the hell does it say "35 minutes ago" on that post? I just took that 2nd pic two minutes ago? And the reply to Injun should've been a different post.
@Mike did you install something that automatically merges duplicate posts?
If so,...
LMAO.... I make a new post and it just adds onto the previous one.
Yep, I guess it works!
I noticed it combined two posts when I posted one, then the other, too.
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