Wico Distributor Parts
Shortly after I started repairing mags, I got a call from a friend of the family who had a John Deere tractor with a dead Wico magneto. He explained that the coil was missing and that there was a connection on the mag for the battery. This didn't bother me much, since it was on old farmer's trick to convert a mag into a distributor. But when he said it looked "factory" and that he thought it was a distributor, I said "Naw.... Wico only made mags.... Can't be....." Well, had I only taken the time to flip a couple of pages in my Wico book..... I learned quickly that day that there is much to learn, and that Wico made distributors.
Wico, in fact, made 2 models of distributors, and made quite a lot of them. Their first series, the "DB" series, looked very much like the classic Delco or Autolite distributor that adorned many tractors of the day. It was round and came is 2, 4, and 6 cylinder varieties. It used and external coil, just like the many others that were made ny so many companies.
The other model, was the "XB", and this is the one that I got "caught" on! It looks just like a mag, and in fact shares many of the same parts as the "XH" series. It was designed to mount to the same place as a mag and was probably offered as an option. It may have also been sold as a replacement when people got fed up with their mags. That was so common back then, my family did that a lot, as did most other farmers. People just didn't understand mags as well as they understood distributors. If they did, the world might have used mags right up until electronic ignition.
Anyway, I have many if not most of the parts for both DB and XB distributors. If you look in the Wico parts book, you will see a variety of condensers for the DB distributor. These were probably made to match different coils that were obtained from different sources. Now, only one condenser is available for the DB and it fits all models and works with all coils. As for the XB, I haven't fully cross-referenced all the parts yet. If you don't see what you need, ask and I will find it.
The last distributor that I have parts for is the B-4027. This was a special distributor made for John Deere diesel engines with gasoline start. It is basiclly a rectangular box with 2 points, 2 coils, and 2 condensers. The wires come directly off the coils. I can supply most of the parts for this distributor.
Wico Models DB Distributor Parts
Wico Models XB Distributor Parts
Wico B-4027 Battery Distributor For John Deere Diesel Starting Engines
Order number
Description
Picture
Price each
WIC226
Points, 1-5032
9.00
WIC222
Condenser, 2-5094, replaces all others
9.00
WIC280
Rotor, 4-5017
7.00
WIC310
Cap, 2 cyl, 3-5060
34.00
WIC311
Cap, 4 cyl, 3-5059
34.00
WIC312
Cap, 6 cyl, 3-5061
34.00
WIC272
Points, 1-5008 (also replaces 1-5007)
18.00
WIC268
Condenser, 90-5072
12.00
WIC264
Coil, 5-5093
75.00
WIC276
Rotor, 2 cyl., 4-5003, except XB-4023, dual arm
12.00
WIC277
Rotor, 2 cyl., John Deere, 4-5018, XB-4023, single arm
12.00
WIC278
Rotor, 4 cyl. , 4-5010
28.00
WIC279
Rotor, 6 cyl, 4-5004
32.00
WIC250
Cap, 2 cyl, John Deere, 3-5000, except XB-4023, use with 4-5003 dual arm rotor
38.00
WIC319
Cap, 2 cyl, John Deere, 3-5016, XB-4023, use with 4-5018 single arm rotor
46.00
WIC252
Cap, 4 cyl., 3-5014
48.00
WIC258
Cap, 6 cyl, 3-5015
65.00
WIC255
Cap gasket, 94-5076
2.25
MAY31
Points, 1-5009 (yes they are the same points as used on cetain Maytags! Go figure!)
18.00
WIC270
Condenser, 2-5080
12.00
WIC265
Coil, 5-5091
85.00
WIC302
Cover gasket, 94-5192
2.50
WIC313
Cover, 94-5193
28.00
WIC303
Resistor, 94-5190
5700