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Spent 3 days chasing a dead spark on a 1952 Ford 8N, turned out to be one stupid ground strap
I used to roll my eyes at guys who said to check your grounds first on old tractors, then this 8N humbled me. It sat in a barn in Guthrie since 1988, and I replaced the coil, points, condenser, and plugs before a guy at the parts counter asked if I'd cleaned the ground strap down to bare metal. Took me 3 full days of cranking and cussing, then the tractor fired on the second turn once I did that 5 minute fix. Now I don't touch anything else until the grounds are clean. Anybody got a checklist order they stick to on a dead spark, or do you just start yanking parts like I did?
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