I am back to working on my snowcat going through things one by one. The alternator is seized but I will deal with that latter.
I have the carb on but the gas line is not connected. Throttle is held open a bit. I sprayed some stater fluid down the carb and tried to start it. Not even a pop.
I measured the voltage before and after the ballast resistor going to the coil and I am getting around 11v in and 3v or 4v out. That seems low but it's been awhile for points for me.
The second issue is I bought new wires for the Ford 300 cu in engine but the metal nubs on the distributor cap are small and the new wires are a very sloppy fit on the nubs. I have had the wires in a box for a year or two so cannot return. Maybe look up some Ford 300 cu in engines that takes the wires I bought and buy a distributor cap that is for the same year as my wires? Wires are Motorcraft 96100.
It's not like I can look up a certain year Ford vehicle and get the right part. Unsure what year SW48 it is and I believe it's an industrial version of the Ford 300 cu engine.
I have the carb on but the gas line is not connected. Throttle is held open a bit. I sprayed some stater fluid down the carb and tried to start it. Not even a pop.
I measured the voltage before and after the ballast resistor going to the coil and I am getting around 11v in and 3v or 4v out. That seems low but it's been awhile for points for me.
The second issue is I bought new wires for the Ford 300 cu in engine but the metal nubs on the distributor cap are small and the new wires are a very sloppy fit on the nubs. I have had the wires in a box for a year or two so cannot return. Maybe look up some Ford 300 cu in engines that takes the wires I bought and buy a distributor cap that is for the same year as my wires? Wires are Motorcraft 96100.
It's not like I can look up a certain year Ford vehicle and get the right part. Unsure what year SW48 it is and I believe it's an industrial version of the Ford 300 cu engine.
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