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62/63? Wheel Horse, no spark

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DHack
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Hello,

My first Wheel Horse project and new to this form. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I purchased older farm house and this gem was negotiated as part of the deal.

I believe I have a ~1962/1963 Rounded hood Wheel Horse with Tecumseh engine.

Can anyone determine the model / Year?

Got this running with new carbonator and basic tune-up, but now not getting any spark. 

I am not sure how the points/elec ignition is supposed to work but not getting any voltage reading (.02V) when cranking. Fuse is good, but not sure about resister/capacitors.

Seems like maybe coil within flywheel could bad, but not sure how to get the fly wheel off to check this further.

Anyone have seen similar issue that would help me troubleshoot further?

I'm thinking of putting in a replacement engine if anyone could send me info related to what would work for a replacement?

 

Serial Number below dash is 62-12492

There are two tags on the engine 

Tag above starter (SBH-169C     4313F)

Tag on front of engine (SBH-169B    2133F)

 

Thanks

Dan

 

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Pullstart    62,851

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:text-welcomeconfetti:  looks like a 552 to me, I love my ‘62’s too!

 

A Kohler K-141 / K-161 or K-181 would be an awesome transplant engine if you can locate one.  They are much easier to work on, generally speaking... but I’d try to get that one running for a rundown assessment first..

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pfrederi    17,739

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Tecumseh can be a bit picky about spark.  But once you get them running they are good engines. 

 

Welcome

 

 

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SylvanLakeWH    25,557

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:text-welcomeconfetti:

 

Nice score!

 

 

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gwest_ca-(File Mod)    11,041

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Welcome to the forum

 

1962 model 552 serial 62-11273

1962 model 702 serial 62-12359 - Located in Norway

1962 model 552 serial 62-12492 - May be a 552

1962 model 552 serial 62-12502

 

https://www.partstree.com/models/sbh-sbh-169c-tecumseh-short-block

https://www.partstree.com/models/sbh-sbh-169b-tecumseh-short-block

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rjg854    11,361

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:WRS: nice tractor :handgestures-thumbupright:

I hope you have luck getting it running, that's a fun tractor you have there @DHack

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953 nut    55,221

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2 hours ago, DHack said:

not sure about resister/capacitors

:WRS:

Those are diodes that convert the AC produced by your engine's charging system to DC to keep the battery charged. The service manual that @pfrederi furnished should help get you going. The numbers on your engine indicate that it was a replacement short-block, probably in good shape judging by the fact you got it running. Probably a corroded/dirty set of ignition points or bad condenser is causing the lack of spark.

Please let us know what you find.

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