322 Spark plug cap question

Ben,

Welcome to the WFM forum and to owning a very fine and desirable tractor. I have two of these 322 tractors myself and would not part with either one.

One of the WFM sponsors here, Keeping It Green, lists a replacement part as Part #: M810617 as a substitute for the M802139 cap. It is $11.02 and can be mail ordered from them. You might also want to pick up a copy of the service manual for this tractor which is TM1591. I like the CD version for the search ability, but there is a print version available also. The CD costs half the print version, $55 versus $110. It really is worth the investment.

A lot of folks might think that this manual is expensive, but my owner's manual shows that in 1990 the service manual was $25.75 and almost anything of value has gone up about that same 2 to 4 times ratio in the intervening 19 years (or the dollar has gone down by a factor of 2 to 4...) This represents a compound interest rate equivalent of only 4% to 8% per year. Prices change over time and I recall 3 cent first class mail -- now first class postage is over 15 times that much.

(OK, off the soap box...didn't mean to start a rant, but the manual is REALLY worth having!)

The second yellow cap on the Yanmar engine is an alternative filler location for other applications, it is redundant to this motor location as the valve cover filler is easily accessed by simply raising the hood.

Again, welcome to the three cylinder Yanmar owners club...

Chuck

Ben,

Keeping It Green has the CD version of the manual, just search on the part number as TM1591CD and it will come up.

I tend to print "working copies" of the page(s) to take out to the shop rather than take my computer out there as there is no high speed data connection in my separate shop building. Another useful thing is to take lots of digital photos whenever you do disassembly so no matter how long something is apart, you have fresh views on how it is supposed to go back together. I have an inexpensive point and shoot camera with Macro capability that I keep set to 640 pixel resolution so pictures can be easily posted to this forum.

Your 322 with low hours and full documentation on service is definitely a good find! This site is a wealth of information, and helped me immensely when I first started visiting here.

Since you have the original owner's manual you have all the information for getting all the periodic service up to date. I will send you an excerpt of some of the electrical information from the TM1591 that you might find useful until your full service manual arrives.

Be sure to register your tractor here, you can get the model year that way if you do not already know it. There are several subtle changes during the production of these tractors (manual versus automatic choke, hydro linkage, etc.) that depend on the exact serial number range. The parts catalog PC2149 will detail these...

Chuck

Ben,
Welcome to the site! There is a wealth of knowledge here and some of the nicest people you'de ever want to associate with.

I sent you an email Ben, as I also live in NC, fairly close to you.

Richard The Banjo Man

I figured out the spark plug cap question. I was stumped for a while so I took a cap off another plug. I then remove the cap from the electrical coil wire. The spring stayed in the cap. Hince I figured out how the coil went on the coil wire and how to put it back in the cap. Thanks for everyones help.

Richard, hows the dealership in NB? The guy in parts here is not to friendly, I think his name is Dick . Thinking of switching to Wallace or NB. I will probably just order from "Keeping It Green" to safe gas money though.