My 1850 Oliver is running like crap! I tried cutting hay today and I can't run at normal engine speed (and normal speed is only about 80% of full speed...never has run right). Now today, whenever I had the PTO engaged at full throttle, the engine would start skipping and sputtering and quickly die. I was able to baby it a little bit for a while to get part of the field cut, but then it quit on me hard.
If I let it cool down for awhile, it will run OK again (not great). I also noticed while operating today that the exhaust has taken on a sulphur smell.
Soooo....I'm thinking the ignition system is failing and I have a cold spark. I should be able to replace the points and condenser with a solid state module and get a new coil, perhaps higher voltage too.
Does that analysis sound correct? I've checked most everything related to fuel, and it seems correct so the only thing remaining has to be on the fire side.
If I let it cool down for awhile, it will run OK again (not great). I also noticed while operating today that the exhaust has taken on a sulphur smell.
Soooo....I'm thinking the ignition system is failing and I have a cold spark. I should be able to replace the points and condenser with a solid state module and get a new coil, perhaps higher voltage too.
Does that analysis sound correct? I've checked most everything related to fuel, and it seems correct so the only thing remaining has to be on the fire side.