Strange but true!! (Farmall h)

Posted by Kippster on March 08, 2011 at 19:55:04 from (24.144.201.222):

I have a 48 farmall h that has been notoriously hard to start for about 5 years now. I retimed the mag today and she would puff smoke through the carb. Thought to myself, thats 180 degrees out of time, so I looked at the cap...Hmmmmm. the wires were on the cap with #1 cylinder being toards the bell housing. Perfectly backwards. Put the wires in the cap right with #1 being toards the radiator. I pulled the crank twice and she fired right off and ran like a pup. That means that the mag was 180 off and the wires were on backwards and the engine ran that way for 5 years. Tractor ran great but was always a bugger to start. Now it starts perfectly. How I managed to goof it up that bad and still have it run I will never know. Anyone ever hear of anything like it??

Replies:

• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Marty from MN 17:41:13 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) bob-b 17:26:07 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) JT 16:47:04 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Kippster 16:28:52 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Kippster 15:28:02 03/09/11 (1)
  • Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Jim350 16:48:58 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Dellbertt 07:47:14 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) ste_fano 06:23:04 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) CNKS 06:06:02 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Pete76NY 01:56:17 03/09/11 (1)
  • Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Bob 06:26:58 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Bob 20:43:53 03/08/11 (1)
  • Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) rustred 06:42:57 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) teddy52food 20:29:11 03/08/11 (1)
  • Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Kippster 04:00:12 03/09/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) KenB_Texas 20:06:33 03/08/11 (0)
• Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) DeltaRed 19:57:50 03/08/11 (1)
  • Re: Strange but true!! (Farmall h) Jim350 03:14:55 03/09/11 (0)

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