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So ive read alot on here but am a new member but im 27 my name is Ian and im bringing back to life a 1968 cub cadet 125 that only ever blew snow its whole life I got from original owner so I found a mule drive and deck on craigslist new blades new oil pan. Anyways down to one final issue starting it has started fine but rather slow to fire it has a new spark plug and new battery but the starter will spin faster with it hooked up to the battery charger and fires immediately its not the battery I think im either getting too much resistance from my coil which reads around 3.0 or my starter needs to be rebuilt just wondering if you can help me find the solution faster?

Thanks
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Hi, Ian. Welcome to the forum.

Clean all of your connections first. Could still be the battery.

Connections are all good I thought it might be my points so I looked and they were a little burnt so i cleaned them up and got my gap back to .2 hopefully it fixes the issue. Your opinion if the problem continues?

You'll want them at .020

Try using the static timing method outlined in the tech section. Once I saw that I quit gapping points.
Put a new set of points in and try the static method.
As far as the starting better hooked to the charger, either your battery isn't big enough or your starter is pulling too many amps, or the connections aren't as good as you think. Sometimes corrosion is hidden inside the cable.

Thanks Terry maybe just repacing the wires for battery to starter generator wouldn't be a bad idea. And I did mean to type .02 gap my apologies I will update if any solution makes a superior noticeable difference.

Thanks for your replies

Also I will have to look into static timing I found a link however Im having a hard time seeing where the "S" mark will be seen does anyone have a better picture of this than this page:

http://www.mgonitzke.net/cubcadet/to...tic_timing.pdf

Go to our "resources" tech library, tractors, 2nd page near the bottom.
Spend some time getting acquainted with our wealth of info:beerchug:
You will be amazed what you can learn here,
and yes we answer questions.:ThumbsUp:

Trust us the "S" mark in there just darn hard to see sometimes.'
it should appear pretty close to the opening of the points, it helps to have a bright concentrated light.
once found, a white paint marker to highlight it helps.

Thanks George I got it figured out and it was actually right on and at full spread it was .020 now next issue I think it could be my coil now I had a battery tender on it and my key was on but my coil was super hot to the touch is this normal? Also my resistance on my coil with key off is 2.0 ohms does this tell you guys anything? So close to having this cub right back to 1968