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Cecil/WV · 05-27-2010, 11:28 AM

My '51 8n tractor started running badly last week, acted like it wasn't getting gas at first. I remembered an old friend from the 60's who told me that 9 out of 10 problems with these old gas engines would seem like it was a gas problem and 9 out of 10 times it would be the ign. Well, I looked
at the points and they were burned so I put in a new set that I had gotten from one of the parts people and it wouldn't start at all. No spark. Yesterday I got a set at tractor supply and put them in and it fired off the first round. The set from Tractor Supply was from Canada and the first set was from south of the border. If I remember correctly, they are the same points as the Shoebox dist. Another source that isn't from China or Mexico.

05-27-2010, 11:28 AM	#1
Cecil/WV Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gerrardstown, WV Posts: 2,303	Ign points, again My '51 8n tractor started running badly last week, acted like it wasn't getting gas at first. I remembered an old friend from the 60's who told me that 9 out of 10 problems with these old gas engines would seem like it was a gas problem and 9 out of 10 times it would be the ign. Well, I looked at the points and they were burned so I put in a new set that I had gotten from one of the parts people and it wouldn't start at all. No spark. Yesterday I got a set at tractor supply and put them in and it fired off the first round. The set from Tractor Supply was from Canada and the first set was from south of the border. If I remember correctly, they are the same points as the Shoebox dist. Another source that isn't from China or Mexico.