A lesson on condensers
 

So my plan today was to take the sprayer off the 1450 and put on my tiller. Went to start it up and the battery was dead. Charged it a lil and then boosted it. Wouldn't crank wortha darn. Let it charge more and tried again. It started and ran for about 3 seconds. It then proceeded to miss and run extremely rough until it died. I called a friend and he suggested a fuel problem. Checked out what little I know. Had fuel in the tank and fuel to the carb. I was suspicious about the coil because a buddy of mine had borrowed the coil 3 weeks ago to test one of his machines out. I called Sam and he directed me to the technical section where I found a wiring diagram on how that stuff is supposed to look. So.... ya, after about an hour of my time, i found that when he re-installed the coil, the condenser got hooked to the positive side. Switched the wire round and it runs great. This was a milestone for myself as I know very very little about engines. Thanks to OCC for existing! With out occ I would not have met people that have a wealth of knowledge and can guide one to the correct information! :beer2:


Thanks again Sam!

:biggrin2: It does make a difference if the engine is properly wired.:ThumbsUp:

Great story and thanks for sharing. Glad you got it fixed. It's all in the details sometimes.

X2!
And it is usually the simplest things we often overlook.

Trent
I don’t want to take the credit for this one. As I told you last night Points type ignitions are not my area of expertise. That’s where others on this forum shine. Glad I at least didn’t give you bad advice.

Glad to hear, you got your cub fixed!

i tell people when trying to diagnose a problem on something, check the simple and stupid stuff first.