While using my 72 Cub for some yard rolling a few days back I’d hopped off the move a couple of things and when I got back on and traveled maybe 50 feet my Cub just up and died on me and won’t restart. I noticed some sediment in the bowl so I siphoned the tank, cleaned the bowl and flushed out the fuel line from the bowl to the carb and cleaned it out as well. After all that and putting some fresh fuel in the tank it won’t restart. Engine turns over but isn’t getting any spark. Any ideas if it’s a bad coil or if the points could be bad? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Won’t start
- Thread starter nhess22
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I'd start with the points and clean and regap them to spec which I think is .020. After that check for corrosion on distributor cap and rotor and so forth.While using my 72 Cub for some yard rolling a few days back I’d hopped off the move a couple of things and when I got back on and traveled maybe 50 feet my Cub just up and died on me and won’t restart. I noticed some sediment in the bowl so I siphoned the tank, cleaned the bowl and flushed out the fuel line from the bowl to the carb and cleaned it out as well. After all that and putting some fresh fuel in the tank it won’t restart. Engine turns over but isn’t getting any spark. Any ideas if it’s a bad coil or if the points could be bad? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
staninlowerAL
501 Club
Ensure that the main jet is not obstructed by sediment from the tank/bowl. Check for spark at the plugs and work back toward the source if no spark. JMHO Stan
When everthing was fine and it dies fast and will not restart I had the spring for the points break. I had that happen twice. That is when I stopped using tractor web site points bought NAPA
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k hutchins
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I agree with Stan. My guess is the coil, but start with points and condensor.
staninlowerAL
501 Club
When testing a coil for spark remember to check both the points and the output to the plugs. I had a coil failure that had spark at the points but none to the plugs. The cause was a failure in the high output winding. Replaced the coil resolved the problem. JMHO StanI agree with Stan. My guess is the coil, but start with points and condensor.