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Farmall 230 Missing
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Posted by Marvin on September 25, 2003 at 15:25:41 from (207.70.158.210):
I recently bought a 1957 Farmall 230,It runs pretty well except it does not have much power. I was showing it to my father in law, who is a Ford man and he said he thought it was missing. To test this I decided to take each of the spark plug wires loose to see if I could tell anything. When I removed the wire from 1 and 2 you could hear it miss, but I could not hear a bit of difference removing 3 or 4. I checked and I could not see spark on the plugs so, I ran down to the auto parts store and got a new set of wires, sparkplugs, rotor and distributor cap. I popped them on and no change, except now I can see that the plugs are firing. It seems to be getting pretty good compression on both of the cylinders, and I know the Carb needs to be rebuilt. My question is could 3&4 still be firing? One other test. It will run with 3&4 disconnected but not with 1&2 off. Any suggestions? Please do not underestimate my ignorance. My father was a mechanic but I got his ears instead of his mechanical ability.
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