2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00

Posted by rankrank1 on September 24, 2014 at 08:19:31 from (166.137.101.149):

Went to cut hay with the mower conditioner (Hesston 1120) and the Farmall M late in the evening last week. Hay was tough from rain earlier in the day plus the evening dew was setting on around dark so all in all a real cutting challenge for any sickle based machine...

Anyway, The Farmall M got to running so poorly that I could not stand the sound of it on my ears (multiple random misses). It literally hurt my ears to hear the engine run. Not to mention the power was reduced. I was fearing stuck valves and bent pushrods.

So I unhooked the Farmall M and hooked the Farmall h to the moco and finished cutting by around 10:00 pm. Hay being tuff from dew and moisture put a good load on the ole h but she gotter done.

Next day after work stopped by Advance and picked up 4 Autolite 3116 installed in place of the brand new Champion D16's that the previous owner had installed in the M. Wow engine ran so smooth it was amazing and I used the tractor to rake once and bale with. (I was relieved no stuck valves)

Since the Autolite 3116's worked so well in the M, I decided to pick up 4 more and install in the ole h for good measure. The ole h had well used Champion D21's in it. Tractor runs a hint better with the new plugs and I seemed to eliminate an occasional slight flutter that the h used to have. Bush hogged with the tractor afterwards and did notice a seat of the pants power increase.

The like new Champion D16's are going in the scrap bucket (too cold of a plug). I will keep the old well used D21's for emergency spares which I hope I never need. The 2 ole farmalls will get Auotlite 3116's as long as I own em.

Moral of the story: for $17 ($2.09 per plug) I got two tractors that run better. One way way better.

Replies:

• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 RC78 17:50:50 09/25/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 IH fan 10:47:23 09/25/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 PUTTER 06:53:31 09/25/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 RBoots 18:24:00 09/24/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 Owen Aaland 11:58:30 09/24/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 luv2wrench 10:42:15 09/24/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 charlie M 09:07:41 09/24/14 (2)
  • Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 MN Scott 11:29:39 09/24/14 (1)
    • Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 d282 15:47:01 09/24/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 PretendFarmer 08:46:56 09/24/14 (0)
• Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 Jim Becker 08:46:08 09/24/14 (1)
  • Re: 2 old farmalls revitalized for $17.00 rustred 07:36:18 09/25/14 (0)

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