Posted by nyvines on February 09, 2008 at 14:09:53 from (66.195.228.119):
Just had an old friend of mine over that is an "authority" on old Farmalls. He is 75 years old, had 65 restored tractors all IH. He heard my A run and said that it is just not right... he said that it gets way too hot, seems like its struggeling to run and seems like it is one tooth off on the mag timing. We tore into it and it does run much easier, seems less "tight" and doesn't get hot. The timing was off more than one tooth. He fixed it and now it sounds correct and runs cool. I have no idea about this tractors history, previous owners must have had it really messed up. I never took that apart, When I got this tractor I sandblasted, did necessary repairs and didn't go looking for problems. It sounds like it should all the way around however now it smokes a little..... any ideas why and if it may stop smoking, Also, what may be going on to cause this smoking.
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