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Bobcat 632 - Converting to solid state ignition
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<blockquote data-quote="bobcatzack" data-source="post: 122381" data-attributes="member: 22200"><p>Hi Randy - thanks!</p><p>Yes it was an ordeal, first I tried fitting a Pertronix electronic ignition conversion kit. The item was shipped did not fit the brown cap distributor, but I forced it on anyways (by drilling a bigger hole in the magnet fitting etc). Played a lot with switching plug wires around (experimenting with the 1-2-4-3 firing order. At one point the Bobcat did start but was running rough. So I ended up getting a completely new distributor (from Walmart online because I think it is much easier to do a return if it did not work out). See pic attached. This new distributor actually fitted well, and fingers crossed, I got back to tinkering with the plug wires, slightly rotated the distributor clockwise / anti clockwise - until all of a sudden like magic, the Bobcat fired up! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /></p><p>So now I am still trying to learn how to time the engine (bought a simple timing light etc). The reason is, it takes quite a few cranks to get the thing going when I attempt to start it first time during the day. Once warmed up, it starts fine (I am suspecting this really has to do with the fuel system, dirty carburetor perhaps?). In any case, it does feel good that it starts and runs. I am starting to use it a bit around my horse barn for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobcatzack, post: 122381, member: 22200"] Hi Randy - thanks! Yes it was an ordeal, first I tried fitting a Pertronix electronic ignition conversion kit. The item was shipped did not fit the brown cap distributor, but I forced it on anyways (by drilling a bigger hole in the magnet fitting etc). Played a lot with switching plug wires around (experimenting with the 1-2-4-3 firing order. At one point the Bobcat did start but was running rough. So I ended up getting a completely new distributor (from Walmart online because I think it is much easier to do a return if it did not work out). See pic attached. This new distributor actually fitted well, and fingers crossed, I got back to tinkering with the plug wires, slightly rotated the distributor clockwise / anti clockwise - until all of a sudden like magic, the Bobcat fired up! 🙂 So now I am still trying to learn how to time the engine (bought a simple timing light etc). The reason is, it takes quite a few cranks to get the thing going when I attempt to start it first time during the day. Once warmed up, it starts fine (I am suspecting this really has to do with the fuel system, dirty carburetor perhaps?). In any case, it does feel good that it starts and runs. I am starting to use it a bit around my horse barn for now. [/QUOTE]
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