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Post by Beerwiser on Sept 21, 2021 22:45:22 GMT -6
Ok, I have never had the problem of spending days on end chasing the simplest fix. There is no proof and I will never admit to it lol. Good you got it fixed, AB. I would still be looking at fuel. But hey everyone learned something, which in my books is a good day. Torriem, do you have a link for that guy? Seems up my alley.
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Post by kenmb on Sept 22, 2021 7:50:21 GMT -6
Can not count how many times that has happened. As a tech working on complex stuff there are many, many times either myself or someone else gets so deep into something that they can't solve and a 2nd person can look at it for a few minutes and say "here, try this". And problem solved.
It's just how the brain works sometimes.
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Post by torriem on Sept 22, 2021 8:14:21 GMT -6
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Post by Albertabuck on Sept 23, 2021 19:12:50 GMT -6
Well the thousand I had baled are home, have to admit best its ever run. I still feel like a jerkoff though, pride took a shit kicking, reason for that is I am usually very meticulous, to the point some go as far as to call me slow. I'm the guy who will recheck bolts four times with the torque wrench, then have the paint pencil in my pocket to mark each one...things like that. I have figured out how the mix up happened, was due to having pulled those two wires off the cap when I opened up the distributor when I started. Old cap never went back on, the new did and it was while I was transfering the wires over, the mistake was made when I got to the first one I had removed off the old cap, things got crossed up between it and the next one. What bothers me most is that I never thought of checking something so obvious like that. I'm never one to make excuses thats why I kick my own ass, but I have noticed little things like that seem to get by me these days, I dunno if its age, stress or just simply too many irons in the fire. I know one thing, its not a mistake I will forget about any time soon lol
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Post by northernfarmer on Sept 23, 2021 19:52:15 GMT -6
Any theory on what caused the initial problem that occurred after the alternator was swapped out.
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Post by Beerwiser on Sept 23, 2021 23:12:11 GMT -6
This is the kicker to your story AB. I have no doubt about your ability, but stress and too many irons in the fire screw the best of people all the time. They are sort of the same in my opinion though. I doubt anyone here has the equipment to just switch over if one breaks and keep going. We all tend to use our equipment for what it is worth, and when something breaks and mother nature is breathing down your neck, the brain seems to stop working. It takes some big nuts to walk away for even an hour to compose yourself, after all this is a years income stuffed into one month or so. Point being is everyone take care, I am seeing the stress showing in guys here. Take a step back before it bites you in the ass.
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Post by Albertabuck on Sept 25, 2021 20:44:54 GMT -6
Any theory on what caused the initial problem that occurred after the alternator was swapped out. Sorry for being slow to answer there C, haven't put things away yet and walked past this after shutting down main valve on compressor and feeding shop cat. Full text is "For Breakerless Ignition with External Resistor". In other words its for electronic ignition, which runs a hotter spark than when you have points. Thus when I replaced the alternator which was hardly putting out since I bought the machine several years back, the added juice kicked up the spark higher than it had been previous, which is what burnt the crap out of points, cap and rotor in just the few hours of running time it got used after the switch. Seems the difference in output of the ballast resistor is almost three volts between battery and alternator voltage. So basically I would say the new alternator was adding a good two extra volts or more that coil had not been seeing previously.
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Post by northernfarmer on Sept 25, 2021 21:07:31 GMT -6
That sounds quite logical, not that I've experienced that happen but I've also never happened to replace an alternator with a higher performance unit on equipment of the points vintage only to have the distributor try to puke its guts. You were going after the right problem as it turned out only that one mistake threw you off in entirely other directions. Mind you even a used bad spark plug wire could jump across to ground or through another spark wire next to it and throw a guy as well. I don't work with various engines enough to get to remember the firing orders etc so I typically use my method of masking tape and writing the cylinder number on tape and loop it around each wire and use felt pen if needed on the cap to give a mark of where number 1 cylinder is, just so I don't goof and get it wrong and besides engines that the wires loop behind the engine its tough to trace anything once its all stuffed in back there.
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