Paul Hearsey
Member
A neighbour found an old starting crank to fit my 1950 TEA-20 in his shop the other day. He had had a similar tractor years ago. I'd like to be able to hand-start the engine (just because!) without hurting myself. I once tried to start a Fairmont railway speeder without retarding the spark; I was lucky I didn't break my wrist and only suffered plenty of pain! Anyway, what should the initial ignition advance be set at in the distributor? Does the distributor automatically retard the spark sufficiently for safe hand-cranking or did Fergie owners once set up their engines just for this purpose? Many thanks! Paul