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H4 Magneto Flooding problem

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772TAS

11-01-2006 21:30:10




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Last time I heard water and electricity don't mix.

Make a long story short I bought a 49H about 2 years ago. She has been a great tractor and has never failed to start. Recently I moved her out of the shed to work on a different ‘H’. I only have room for one in the shed since the wind blew half my roof off. About a week ago the tractor wouldn’t start and I traced the problem to primary ignition. My first thought was a condenser or points. So I take the mag off and bring it in to the kitchen table. This didn’t make the wife happy but I have recently moved into a new house and haven’t built a good workbench yet. I had never rebuilt a mag so I start with changing the condenser, inspect and clean up the coil cover. Then I open up the points compartment and to my surprise water pours out. Everything inside was rusty.
I knew this wasn’t a good thing. I cleaned it all up with a point file and sand paper, new points, condenser, coil cover, cap, rotor and new gaskets. Well it worked GREAT, and I proceeded to use the tractor to cut about 25 acres over the weekend. Last week we get 3 inches of rain. I go out to start the tractor on Saturday and guess what. NO SPARKY. I take the coil cover off and it looks good. So I open up the point compartment and it is full of water and rusty again.

So the question is:
Is this flooding thing a common problem with H4 magnetos or do I have one that has a peculiar problem? I installed new gaskets and it still got soaked.
Also any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

Thanks
Ken B.

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n9lhm

11-02-2006 04:11:06




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 Re: H4 Magneto Flooding problem in reply to 772TAS, 11-01-2006 21:30:10  
It is probably the coil cap gasket. They are a bear to get seated correctly while you are pushing down against the tension of the spring for the secondary leadout of the coil. I had this on my MD as well, and finally ran a bead of silicone sealer around the gasket surface of the cap, put it on and tightened it down, then ran my fingertip around the underside edge and radiused it nicely. Haven"t had a problem since, and it sits out all the time. Brian

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IndianaMike

11-02-2006 03:57:35




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 Re: H4 Magneto Flooding problem in reply to 772TAS, 11-01-2006 21:30:10  
I can relate to the roof thing. 2 winters ago in southern Indiana, we got 2 feet of snow and it collapsed the roof on our main shed, so the combine and many other things that don't like the elements were exposed. Lucky thing was insurance paid enough that we were able to hire a friend in the construction business to rebuild, this time sturdier , lol.



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gene bender

11-02-2006 03:50:29




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 Re: H4 Magneto Flooding problem in reply to 772TAS, 11-01-2006 21:30:10  
You have a big hole somewhere as i even run mine thru the car wash without any problems does the coil cover have a gasket?



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magman

11-02-2006 02:32:30




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 Re: H4 Magneto Flooding problem in reply to 772TAS, 11-01-2006 21:30:10  
NO its not a commpn ocurance. I would say that where your wire hooks to the condenser then goes through to the point chamber may need to be sealed. Try so Electrical tape in a can or like that. Also go to walmart and get a can ofclearcoat its called something glaze its in the spray paint section and is made for ceramics and such its about $3.00 Same brand as the rest of there spray paint it not special. When you done give it about 3 to 4 coats I think you will take care of your problem JON

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