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trickie-mi

02-07-2005 19:05:04




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This is a follow up of my post injan. My f12 wouldnt start. I used everyones tips while working on her. Long story long I had intermittant spark as I cranked her.It turned out to be an interesting problem .The neighbor that sold it to me said that it was running when her put it in his barn 5-years ago. I think that her told me a little white tail! Not knowing what I was looking at made things a little harder to figure it out. I took off the distributor cap and checked the brushes , contact ,and rotor. I burnished all with a fine points burniser. ( not a file). The points looked brand new but I cleaned them anyways. The rotor contact had a fine hard film on it and I burnished it clean. put it all back together turned out my polebarn lites and cranked her again. Every once and a while I saw a faint spark at the plug that I removed and grounded. Hummm?, I thought. Then I took the cap off again and took a closer look at it all again. Then I noticed a small copper disk that was set into the dist. cap. I burnished that free of that hard film. Then I seen a small stiff spring that was mounted on the mag body that as the cap was placed on the mag body it mated and pressed onto that small copper disk that was in the dist. cap. That post that the held the spring in place was broken in half and was no where in site. The broken plastic post was as dirty as the rest of the parts so I no the break was not fresh. What was happening is the spring had nothing to hold it in place no force it to make contact with that cap copper disk. It was also bent in a way that it only made contact occasinally. I located a red plastic electrical wire nut ,cut off both ends and made a sleeve that fit over the broken plastic post and the spring poked through it by a quarter inch. Put the dist. cap back on ,turned out the lights again cranked it over again and had all kinds of gap jumping sparks from the grounded plug! Haa! Reset the advance to half postion and put the throttle have way. Poured a little gas down the fuel line vent tube ,opened the choke a little and cranked her over. On about the fourth crank the engine started to cough and kick. The next crank vaaroom she started! Damn was I happy! For a few minutes carbon flakes shot out of the exhaust and then cleared up. Let her warm up a while and adjusted the carb like the book said. I ran her about an 15 minutes and took her for a ride! Neat! The next mourning I cranked her again and She started on the first crank!. I again drained the filter bowl to remove a bunch of whiteish flakes that had settled in it. The temp was below 30 degrees but she started every time on the first crank. Thanks to all that helped with their tips! This site rocks! See Yaa! "Trickie-MI

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P Backus

02-07-2005 20:19:48




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 Re: f12 update in reply to trickie-mi, 02-07-2005 19:05:04  
Thanks for letting us know what you found. So many times after all the ideas are on the table to fix the problem, we never hear what the cure was. I already have some knowledge, but this is how I learn more. Next time I can say " Ya know, I remember this guy who had a broken spring tower on his mag cap...."
Isn't it a nice feeling when it actually starts and runs "as advertised" after you fix a problem?
Paul

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moseed

02-08-2005 05:34:40




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 Re: f12 update in reply to P Backus, 02-07-2005 20:19:48  
trickie-mi
Where did you find the carburetor adjustment data?
Thanks.



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trickie

02-08-2005 14:37:42




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 Re: f12 update in reply to moseed, 02-08-2005 05:34:40  
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If ya cant read it e-mail me and I'll send a better copy.



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