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Old 08-23-2015, 10:54 AM
mbalash mbalash is offline
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Default Father/Son project needs advice. Cub Cadet 1330

I broke my hip last month and was unable to work my normal job. I’m not the type of person to allow grass to grow under my feet. To avoid going crazy, I decided to take on a Cub Cadet 1330 with the help of my very interested 7 year old son. I have a rolling mechanics chair that allowed me to slide around the tractor while working with my son. This Cub was left to die in a field prior to our attempt to resurrect it. It came with the skeleton of a unidentified dead critter. It was missing a battery, solenoid and parts of the wiring harness. It has a Kohler Command 12.5 engine.

We replaced the following:

Negative Battery Cable
Positive Battery Cable
Power Cable to Starter
Battery
Starter
Solenoid
Key switch
Magneto (business card spacing)
Spark Plug
Oil
Oil Filter
Fuel Filter
Fuel Line
Plastic fuel tank

We replaced one male pigtail connection at the engine involving the ignition ground and power.

All connections, switches, fuses and wires were checked for voltage and continuity.

I cleaned the carburetor.

The engine started. We cheered! I allowed my son to drive the Cub Cadet around the yard until the battery fell onto the fan beneath the seat. The fan and belt remained intact, but the battery got a small nick in the plastic and began to leak. I replaced the battery and made a bracket to secure the battery in place.

The tractor started and ran a second time. He drove it around for 10 minutes until just after sunset.

The next day we wanted to chase down the PTO functions. It wouldn’t start. The new magneto was not providing spark. I replaced the magneto a second time. I confirmed with an inline spark tester that the second magneto is working and continues to provide spark. It won’t start.

In my testing I’ve tried to get the engine running with and without the kill/ground wire attached to the magneto.

Currently the engine cranks, but never attempts to fire.

What am I missing? All suggestions are welcome. Getting this running will make us very happy.

Mike
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