[SEL] O.T. 214 John Deere

[jbcast at charter.net]

> I finally had a chance to go over the 214 John Deere and have a look at the
> points. They are located on the front of the engine behind the grill. Not the
> easiest things to get to. They were pitted and mildly corroded and gaped way out
> to .027! We dressed them with a file and emery cloth and reset the gap. I took it
> out and worked the crap out of it and when it was warmed up I could not get it to
> act up at all. I am thinking this may have the problem licked.
Kohler uses point gap to set the timing, it has battery ignition and the gap is not critical to the firing. There should be a timing mark on the flywheel, visible through a hole in the cover, widening the gap advances the timing.
J.B. Castagnos
Belle Rose, LA.