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Post by rarefish383 on Jan 19, 2020 7:41:25 GMT -5
Some one once told me that a condenser is a condenser, if it will fit, it will work. Is that true? I'm going to get the flywheel off the C5 today and I can always file the points. If it still has no spark, and I can find a condenser at Tractor Supply that will fit, will it work?
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Post by Jarhead ☠ on Jan 19, 2020 8:23:10 GMT -5
I always test the lead too, many times there's an issue with it being pulled out of the coil. My C-7 had that very issue.
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Post by edju1958 on Jan 19, 2020 10:36:34 GMT -5
I went out last yr.& bought a capacitor tester which turned out to be a waste of money.I used it to test condensers which tested "good" until they were put under a load.Once put under a load (meaning it was put onto a Graham tester which simulates the condenser or coil as being on the saw & running) every damn one of the "new" condensers I had bought a few months earlier leaked. As for what you're saying Joe about if a condenser fits it'll work,not true.It has to be very close in the capacitance range.I don't know the exact specifics.I will tell you this though - we had a John Deere model A that the condenser went bad on after 37 yrs.I went & got a condenser off a push lawnmower (3.5 h.p.B&S engine),put it on the tractor & it fired up.The tractor ran with that condenser on it for yrs.till we sold it.You might be ahead to just put a chip in it.There are condensers on Ebay,but they're very pricey - $18 - $25. Ed
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Post by rarefish383 on Jan 19, 2020 11:48:30 GMT -5
I did find 2 extra chips I forgot I bought. While I have the flywheel off, I could just chip it.
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