Re: Farmall A Upkeep Revisited Still

Posted by Christopher S. Dunn on July 10, 2004 at 15:15:09 from (216.141.73.90):

In Reply to: Farmall A Upkeep Revisited Still posted by Christopher S. Dunn on July 09, 2004 at 05:26:23:

Imagine, if you will, the sound of trumpets blowing a fanfare in the breeze...

Like I told y'all before, I am sometimes too smart for my own good. I cannot thank you all satisfactorily for the advice, information and support in terms of general interest in seeing these tractors continue to run.

I played with that dang gap setting over and over and then I attempted to set the ignition timing, based in part on your input to the problem. Using the service manual and, in the rare case, the I&T manual, I figured out where and how to check that.

I pulled about 15-20 years of dried oil, mixed with grass, mud and not a few mud-dauber wasp nests out of the bell housing so I could even SEE the timing marks. Once I did that, I quickly set the timing according to the manual. It didn't work.

I played with that dang setting and the distributor position over and over and over. Then, I had a brain storm clear out and I went: Well, it was a timing problem, what if I turned the distributor, regardless of what I see on the marks and whatnot? After all, every now and then it would backfire. I'd done it before to ensure that a full rotation would bring me round to the same spot. DUH! How about halfway?

What do you know? It fired right up and is running excellently now. I mowed about three and a half acres today and stopped only because it's hot and my butt was sore from all the bumping I took over uneven ground. I had a great time every moment. Even when the bolt came off the trottle/governor and my tractor kind of took off on me, I still had fun.

SO, that's that and thanks again. I hope I have repaid your kindness in some laughter based upon my ignorance and sense of good fun with a tractor.

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