Re: 1928 Farmall Regular operation

Posted by KEB on May 30, 2007 at 12:58:26 from (72.19.170.5):

In Reply to: Re: 1928 Farmall Regular operation posted by Mark Wiggins on May 30, 2007 at 12:39:41:

Mark,

Included my e-mail with this reply.

The two short cups with spring loaded covers are the oil ports. The taller ones with the covers that slide sideways are the priming ports. You fill the cup with gas, turn them counterclockwise to open a valve on the bottom & dump the gas into the manifold, then turn them clockwise again to close the ports. The sliding cover is just to keep dirt out of the cups.

Unless someone has put a newer magneto on it, which is entirely possible, it should have an open impulse mechanism that you have to set. There should be a little rod sticking up out of the impulse that you push toward the engine to set. If the impluse is enclosed, its a newer magneto.

Ignition timing can be varied while the engine is running by turning the cap on the end of the magneto below the distributor cap. There should be an extension on this cap with a hole in it where the rod from the advance level would connect. Lifting this extension retards the the timing, pushing it down advances timing. All the way up shorts out the magneto to keep it from starting.

By the way, the preferred method of shutting the tractor off is to close the valve on the fuel tank & let the enging run the carburetor dry. This was to minimize the amount of kerosene or distillate left in the carburetor, which would dilute the gas & make it hard to start the next time. If you're running on gasoline, it doesn't make much difference except that needle valves tend to leak & will end up dripping a whole tank of gas on the ground.

One other thing. These carburetors use a cork float which tends to get saturated & sink, thereby flooding the engine. I dipped mine in polyurethane varnish & let it dry for a week, haven't had any more trouble but can't guarantee how long it'll hold up. I've heard of people replacing the cork with a brass one out of an old Kohler small engine carburetor.

Keith

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