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Sam Gerteisen
12-13-2003 17:29:31
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Has anyone else out there done this ? I'm the not so proud owner of an International "454" gas tractor, (175 c.i.4 cyl.gas). I bought it well used a couple of years ago, and it seems that I've not had anything but aggravating problems with it from the start.One of the biggest headaches for me was the distributor-point set.I couldn't keep points set, points burnt quickly, any moisture at all and it wouldn't start, ect...On this site here I learned that you can get "electronic-conversion" kits that install into an existing distributor for somewhere around $100.00 . Looking for a cheap way around this, I went to a junkyard and pulled 2 distributors from junked Ford 4 cyl. auto's. One was out of a Tempo, and the other was out of an Escort. Taking the 2 I fabricated one, taking the dist. housing-cap mechanism from one, and the drive shaft,and such from another.....using my "die-grinder, 4" grinder, and a file I re-made the base plate to fit the block, or base on the tractor.To my amazement, the only 2 wires required to make this dist work is a battery hot, and the coil discharge, or the "red and green" wires. This little tractor has never started and ran so well. I've ran it over 20 hours total so far, starting and stopping it countless times. It's a small tractor used for "utility" work ...Anyway..I guess if I counted my hours invested in "retro-fitting" the kit ready to mount into an existing dist.would be the better way to go, but, knowing that I've out-smarted this "little red aggravator" just this one time is so rewarding to me :). Thanks for letting me rant about this. Anyone have any other "left field" fixes ??
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