My uncle operated his 400 for 5 hours on a Friday in August (hot as anything),plowing down wheet stubble in clay. He drove it into the farmyard and shut it off. Got in his car and drove off. (my aunt was home and heard the tractor start) She ran to the door 6 ft away, and saw no one near or in the yard. It was in reverse, with the wheels a bit turned. It was backing around and around in an ever widening circle. She was an operator, but could not figure a way to get on it while it was backing at idle without getting killed. (3-16 FH plow was mounted) It made a last pass in the yard and one back tire hit a RR tie and jogged the steering. The new direction went out into scrub brush and 2" trees which were negotiated dramatically. It came back into the yard and hit the tack shed in the west wall driving it off of its foundation about three feet. The front landslide ramped up on the foundation and lifted a rear tire untill it just spun grinding rubber against the ground, and concrete. She got on, and still could not shut it off. Finally killed the engine with the brakes, Whew. The nephew across the street was called and came to disconnect the battery. The insurance man had to be shown the melted components of the ignition switch that had failed the sputtering of the switch caused a spark in the hot and ready cylinder and it started with no further power. it then stuck in the on mode and was "on when diagnosed with a meter. The first internal combustion engines were not compression based. they had an atmospheric mix of fuel and air ignited to push a piston upward, then recharged to do it again. (also just a neet discussion) JimN
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Today's Featured Article - The Cletrac General GG and the BF Avery A - A Bit of History - by Mike Ballash. This article is a summary of what I have gathered up from various sources on the Gletrac General GG and the B. F. Avery model A tractors. I am quite sure that most of it is accurate. The General GG was made by the Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac) of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally the company was called the Cleveland Motor Plow Company which began in 1912, then the Cleveland Tractor Company (1917) and finally Cletrac.
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