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  1. Piginabag

    I know, I know - don’t buy a cheap magneto online.

    Thank you for this - this wiring diagram confirms what’s on my tractor, and the original magnetos: one terminal, one white wire. The problem is just that the new mag has two terminals. Since a mag is such a simple device, I’m hoping I can just use one terminal and ignore the other. I think...
  2. Piginabag

    I know, I know - don’t buy a cheap magneto online.

    Times are tight, our business is closed, and my 1863 with Kohler Command 18 lost spark to one cylinder. And I didn’t pull the engine to remove the old one before ordering a new one - thinking I could fix it in one day. So I did - I ordered the cheapest magneto I could find for the model. It...
  3. Piginabag

    Huge blowby, but good compression?

    Thank you guys for your replies! Ive discovered a few more things, and I feel a little embarrassed that I didn’t notice them earlier. Turns out the oil level was a little high, and it was a little thin. Figured out that one coil was sparking weakly intermittently - when it wasn’t sparking, of...
  4. Piginabag

    Huge blowby, but good compression?

    I have a 1863 from the early 90s; she’s always worked hard, and I’ve broken one of everything - except the bulletproof Koehler Comnand engine. Till now. It has a massive amount of blow-by. Unlike anything I’ve ever seen before - inside the air filter is coated, plugs foul, smokes, runs rough...
  5. Piginabag

    3184 loosing fuel prime

    I have been having this EXACT problem! I didn’t figure it out until I tried to gently blow out the fuel line: I heard a quiet “pop”, and 5 gallons of gas dumped out onto the ground! Well, I caught most of it in a bucket. It turns out that, though the fuel lines looked fine, the inner layer...
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