Kenny
Always fine to here them run.
Always fine to here them run.
1986 JD 316 Repower
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It seems the JD SM for these has bad info listed for the coil test. I surfed through many posts (on other forums) and they all said the same. The first pic I put up for coil resistance is correct (even Boomer agrees). The second is what JD put out. Way off! That threw me way off in finding the real issue! And there is nothing sweeter than hearing an engine you rebuilt purr away!
Managed to miss this thread till now. I'm putting the adapter in the machine tomorrow, should have it headed to you this weekend.
No rush! I'm just happy I didn't have to buy a bunch of parts! You may get a Bonus!
That's great Kenny! Glad you got it running. I'm nursing a stomach virus and had my phone muted as I laid down most of the day...never fell asleep though, just rested. Just seen I had a voice mail from you about this. Odd that the bad plugs would spit though when you let the key off. I guess that split second of higher voltage caused that.
Congrats Kenny!
Sounds like you have a fairly cheap fix for the no run.
Sounds like you have a fairly cheap fix for the no run.
I had that last weekend along with my son's whole family.. Steve has it now.
Can't say why on the spit back, but it made me look at the plugs and wires. I'm going to put a 420 CCA battery in it today. And I have the original coil in it right now. May pick up a piece of 3/8" x 2" bar for the 3-point so I can get that wrapped up. And I need to get the outer bearing for the PTO. Sometime, I'll need to round up a new hood for it. This one has been repaired and they took out the second set (Front) of hood hinges.
Got the battery swap done and fired it up. Let it run at about 2000 for 20 minutes or so. Dropped it to a real fast idle for a bit, then idled for 4-5 minutes. Back up to 2000~ or so for while longer. Idled down and shut it off. Let it set a few minutes and it fired right up. Getting about ready for a load on it.
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Going out this afternoon.
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Going out this afternoon.
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Going out this afternoon.
This is the spacer Kenny needs to connect his engine to the driveshaft.
nice hockey puck! Should do the trick.
Might be to some folks! I'll use it to get my 316 on the road again!
Aluminum. I'll install it using grade 8 bolts, basically sandwiched between the driveshaft and flywheel.
What he said. As a simple spacer, it will be more than strong enough. If that proves to be wrong, I can do it over in steel, just cuts a bit slower.
Thanks, Josh!
Aluminum is fun to turn!