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Re: Starting a McCormick-Deering 10-20


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Posted by spiffy1 on October 16, 2008 at 19:33:02 from (70.41.136.71):

In Reply to: Starting a McCormick-Deering 10-20 posted by Derrick In NY on October 16, 2008 at 18:33:10:


Dave Koenigsfeld said: (quoted from post at 20:33:10 10/16/08) I got a donor tractor for two 10-20s that I am restoring. This donor motor is loose. I rinsed the gas tank out and bled the fuel lines and carb with fresh fuel.

I primed the cylinders with fuel. I have confirmed that there is spark on cylinder #1.

I hooked up the spark plug wires according to the 10-20 owners manual (the wires were attached to the wrong terminals according to the owners manual).

I have not confirmed the correct timing yet. What else should I do to get this old girl firing??? I would love to get it going and then paint the motor and transplant it into my tractor.

Thanks,

Dave


Maybe you already covered everything in another thread and I'm being redundant, but you seldom know why it was last run. Doesn't hurt to pull the valve cover and check for stuck valves, handhole and check the rods, check the butterfly moves in the carb (while it's off, check that it is getting fuel, but not overflowing either) and the linkage up to it responds. It doesn't matter which wire is number 1 as long as the firing pattern is right, so it may have been ok; that's easy to check; then if you have the valve cover off and handhole open anyway: watch intake 1 open - now heading down, close - now heading up: TDC (or just before/after depending upon advance setting) the mag should fire number 1. Make sure it has oil in the troughs and the oil cups when you put the valve cover on (really obvious, but the oil pan has oil up to the petcock too) annnnnddddd:

take of picture of it running!


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