Paulcav
New member
Hello, as a new member I started searching old posts under the 1250's for ignition problems and didn't seem to find the one that suits my problem. I iherited an older 1250 tractor from the late 1980's that was kept in my uncles machine shed at his farm, it was always well maintained and the last major service it b needed was a short block which my uncle had installed back in the late 1990's & other then needing some TLC on the paint and a new seat it's complete and came with spare parts. the last time my uncle used it was about 5 years ago, so after picking up the tractor i cleaned it off and put fresh gas in the empty gas tank. I replaced the fuel line that feeds the carb from the tank with a new one. Installed a new battery and locked out the brake pedal ,checked the oil (ok) and cranked it over, nothing but cranking & no fire. I pulled the plug and it was old & fouled so I blew out the cylinder (great compression) and put in a new plug gapped at .025", cranked it over and same result- no fire. tried putting gas into the carb, choked it and still nothing. tried putting gas into the spark plug hole and still nothing. found no voltage at the coil so I put a new 12volt coil and condenser on from the Kohler dealer, still not fire? I picked up a new point set up and installed that with a .020 gap as specified in the manual, got 12 volts at the coil and 12 volts at the points (+ a spark at the points) tried starting it again, no fire? the PTO is in the off position, brake is on which depresses the safety button (and it works I checked it) what else could stop spark from getting to the plug if you have voltage at the coil & the points? the only thing I didn't change is the voltage regulator but that should have nothing to do with spark should it? I dont see a spark at the plug when I crank it, I checked the spark plug wire with an OHM n meter and it's not broken internally?
one thing I noticed was while cranking the engine I am getting gas spitting out the carb like a mist, shouldn't it be sucking in?
please help if you can any info would be great?
one thing I noticed was while cranking the engine I am getting gas spitting out the carb like a mist, shouldn't it be sucking in?
please help if you can any info would be great?