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jg61hawk · 05-21-2020, 09:23 PM

The hard stop was apparently related to timing. The backfire was loud shotgun, actually neighbors came over.... I think I resolved that too. Long story: When I got the new battery (Jim' Auto battery formally Antique Auto battery) the instructions were very clear don't let it charge over 8 volts. I ended up moving the brush on the generator all the way up to only get 7 volts. At any rate generator was not charging the battery and when I checked the battery had only 6.02 running. I assume the low voltage was breaking down the spark system, because I upped the charge and things got all better.

05-21-2020, 09:23 PM	#15
jg61hawk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 407	Re: Cranking Then a Hard Stop...Then Cranks The hard stop was apparently related to timing. The backfire was loud shotgun, actually neighbors came over.... I think I resolved that too. Long story: When I got the new battery (Jim' Auto battery formally Antique Auto battery) the instructions were very clear don't let it charge over 8 volts. I ended up moving the brush on the generator all the way up to only get 7 volts. At any rate generator was not charging the battery and when I checked the battery had only 6.02 running. I assume the low voltage was breaking down the spark system, because I upped the charge and things got all better.