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Hi Ben, Im proud of young men who love old tractors. At the last gathering of the Green in Moline, Illinois, I had supper with the Gotschalk (something like that lol) brothers who are well known junior tractor pullers. When I got home I told my then 16 yo daughter I wanted her to go with me to the next tractor show, and meet some fine young men who owned some NICEEEEE E pulling tractors, but she wasnt all that excited lol about what she called "tractor boys". Heres some of your answers. No, it has no oil dipstick, down on the pulley side of the tractors crankcase there are drain cocks that open and you add oil until it runs out the top (full) and it needs oil added if none runs out the bottom (low). Some mags have a kill switch which is simply a wire and grounding switch that hooks to a side terminal post out the mag (many dont have that kill switch or post out the mag at all) and if that wire gets grounded, it kills the spark. If your mag doesnt have that terminal, its best to shut the tractor off by turning the fuel off and let her run out of gas, at either the sediment bowl shut off, if it has one, or else the brass 3 way fuel/gas/off valve if shes an all fuel. However, that 3 way brass valve can be a leaker and/or problem, so its best to use the sediment shut off if it has one. Starting, they are all a little different, but YES open the side petcocks for less compression, set the choke at 7/8 to full, set the throttle open some but not a lot, crank her maybe 2 or 3 times and then open the choke some to avoid flooding. HOWEVER, this is like very general and depends on the temperature etc etc etc etc and every guy on here will have a different recommendation lol. If you see a lot of gas blowing out the petcocks, it may flood, so open the choke. Be sure you have good clean fresh spark plugs, I like Autolite 388 in styled tractors. You dont have to work ur *&^% off and try and crank her over fast, just pull the flywheel over past compression and let it do the work. If the flywheel wants to kick back and run backwards often, retard the mag timing a bit by loosening it slightly and rotating her CW to retard the hand crank spark timing. Post back any more question, and many of the fine good ol boys on here will try n help you out. Good Luck, Ol John T nordhoff in Indiana
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