I have an F20, Grandpa taught me to double check it is in neutral, retard the timing(I reduce it by half), never hook your thumb over the crank, and finally try to start it on the up swing. Don't have the crank pinned, most people probably don't. One time the compression got the better of me, I was rocking it down to get it in motion for the upswing, and the compression gave resistance and kind of bounced it in reverse direction, everyone knows this feeling, so my knee jerk reaction was to push hard and fast and it started on the down stroke and the crank flew wildly off the tractor and came around like a clock hand to 12:00 and hit me on the forehead. I saw stars, blood pouring down my face, had to sit down for a moment. That taught me to not rush.
After that I have laughed and shyed away when people ask me to try and start the Farmall M with the crank just for fun. I tell them, no way in heck!
Anyone ever hand crank an M? I would not attempt that unless I put about 5 lbs of butter on that decoupler throw off shaft that disengages the crank handle, ha ha.
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