In between the snow and freezing temperatures this past week. I was itching to get the Cub 123 going that I had just bought. It was a small mess under the hood, but it's straightened out now and running great! The guy I purchased it from could not get it going and was driving himself nuts before he posted it on Craigslist. He had bought a new coil, condensor, spark plug and rebuilt the carburetor. Put it all in and still couldn't get it going and had intermittent spark. Also it was leaking near the fuel shut off on the tank. So he caked it up with plumber's putty. Anyway I fixed the leak, fixed the coil(which was wired backwards), replaced the burnt wire, replaced the condensor, cleaned the points with a file and changed the exhaust stack (1" gas pipe) back to a regular muffler. I figured I'd check the spark before I put the cover on just to be sure even though I new it was all wired right. And guess what, no spark! Everything tested good, I knew the points were clean and getting contact. And I was getting nothing. So after 15 minutes of banging my head against the wall trying to figure this out. I went back to the points. While turning the engine over i put pressure on the points and bam. I had perfect spark! Apparently I over looked the spring on them. It was so weak that if I blew on it, it would move. So I took the points off, and "tweaked" the spring so it would snap back. I put everything back together, and it stated right up! I drove it for about a half hour. It runs and drives great! But When the warm weather comes. I need to straighten out the steering. It has some play in it. For now, I need to get back onto the 1650, and see why it won't drive. I don't know the history on it. And when I bought the tractor. It had no steering colum and the wiring was a mess. Now that all that is straightened out. I want to drive it!
