hey spence?

is there any way to tell the model yr of a suburban 10 by the model #'s on the deck? i know it's the original,and the model/shift plate has been removed before i got it. i looked at the pic section and as far as i can tell it's a 67, but not sure. deck model is 917.60655. thanks.

Two major things seem to have changed between '66 and '67. The older, square fenders were changed to a more rounded style and the color was changed from blue to orange.

The model number of the deck you provided is for the older style deck that was hooked to the front axle. That would be the correct style deck for that model year.

Of course model years with Sears/Roper were sometimes a hard thing to nail down, but I think that's about right. :-)

mine was blue and someone painted it green. i changed it over to a car coil,got fire to the points and plug and it still won't fire.even sprayed a little starting fluid in the head.i've cranked til i'm about to fall over.

mine has the square/flat fenders

If there's something to burn in the cylinder and you have spark, then it should be firing.

Two things come to mind immediately: Ignition timing and mechanical condition of the engine.

engine had been rebuilt around 4 or 5 yrs ago,but sat for the last 3 yrs. finally got it to fire. condenser was bad. used an old one i had that came off an old waggoneer. werked fine then. took the bad one back,that 8.99 was as good to me as it was to them. gonna try some sea foam in the fuel system to help clean it out.

think i'll start calling it a 6/567. got to get it right somewat then. LOL