Okay here goes. I put a light tester to the terminals on the coil. The terminal receiving juice from the battery shows light on with the switch open. The terminal from coil to distributer pulses light when the ignition is pulled. Otherwise this terminal has no light.
I've cleaned up the distributer cap and distributer rotor arm. I've checked each plug and they spark upon ignition. If I open the distributer and look at the point gap while pulling the ignition there is a spark at each click of the cam. I unfortunately don't have a gauge on hand but it appears to be .020" I would assume I'm synced because nothing has been changed since this tractor last ran. But that may not mean anything? Should I go through the syncing process?
I have on hand a new coil, wires, distributer cap, and condenser / breaker arm and points.(in the event I found any of them to be bad - it was cheaper to have them on hand than make another trip out) It doesn't necessarily appear any of them are bad but I don't know for sure. I suppose I could install some or all and see if anything changes. Although the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." does hold water.(and I can always return them on another trip)
I guess this is all I've got for now?! Anythoughts?!
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