Thanks for all these replies. I'm just going to print this off so me and my dad can read this advice while actually looking at the tractor to see if we can understand what everyone is getting at.
To the person who said it would be a good idea to get to know what all is on the tractor and understand it better, I agree completely and I intend to do that as much as possible. I'm really interested in this anyway so I'm not going to have any trouble with that suggestion for sure. I just wish it wasn't parked so far away from the house. Maybe I should get my mom to park her trail blazer out in the driveway so I can put my precious tractor in her garage bay. Think she'd agree to that? Lol. That's one problem I have actually. This is a very well restored tractor with fresh paint and a very clean engine. New decals on the sides of the hood, and speaking of the hood it's really smooth to the touch just like a new car. I've had my hands all over the tractor and the only place I'm getting them oily is on the bottom of the engine. I've noticed some engine oil clinging to the bottom right where I'm pretty sure the cluch is. The sides are really nice and clean. It hurts a little just to leave this tractor sitting in the open shed. Sure it's got a roof over it but it's getting dusty and it's getting damp in a big way. I notice lots of moisture on the underside of the gas tank. I hope the points don't give us trouble just on account of it being wet.
Thanks again for all your replies. We're going to take these suggestions and run with them. I'll be sure and post results.
Btw, this is a pull tractor. That is, the guy I bought it from, who restored it, built it up just for pulling. That's also why I bought it. My dad and I have always wanted to get into this pulling thing, and I thought it was time I bit the bullet. I want it to do a good job on the sled so you better believe I want to get to know how everything works on it. It has a 450 carborator. We're told that's awfully big and that we need to be pretty easy on the choke if we don't want to completely flood it out. The guy who had it before is supposed to have adjusted the timing and everything. I know when it runs it's a very nice and loud running engine with a straight pipe exhaust. It's really peppy, once it's warmed up if you give it lots of throttle the responsiveness is pretty impressive. I'm pretty proud of it, at least after it starts anyway :).
Oh, that reminds me. Can anyone tell me whether the timing on these tractors is advanced when more throttle is given? If that is so, I believe I might do a little better to increase throttle to around a quarter or so when trying to start the tractor to get it to burn hotter, hopefully making it start easier. I sure don't want to choke it too much at a higher RPM though. I'm told that's a great way to get it to draw way too much gas and give you major flooding problems.
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