God help us All,,, Sooner or later , some of us get in a bind and have to take a risk ,, TRUE STORY . about 25 years ago, Neighbor finally got himself a nice 730 diesel , Loved planting to that 2 cylindar sound ,, 730 had a couple ailments though,,,It did not like to start hot ,, No big problem , The Ol gal didn't use any fuel at all at idle , and hardly any all day long planting ... so they let it idle even while they did the milken'... 2nd ailmemnt was nearly fatal and WAS to a 38"new tire , The crankshaft nut had a tendency to back off from time to time,. No thread lokker seemed to work,.He noticed one day the damjamnut had backed off again, level field , no chain to give the 730 a pull and naturally in a hurry to beat the coming rains and willing to take a STUPID RISK . SOOO.!... he idled that motor to a near stall than took that big wrench and tried to catch that nut,! his wife told him" Virgal, I don't think this is a good idea" about the time that wrench caught and immediatly threw it headlong into the new back tire !! ,, ,. they told me that story a couple days after that event and MY knees went weak ... His wife nearly had heart failure right on the spot . That wrench could had easily sliced thru both of them and laid them BOTH dead ! . Within a week at the WIFES URGING that 730 got traded on a nice JD 2030 ,, Today , All is well and they are Propering along commiserate to their efforts .. AND ,they have another extra nice JD 730 That has a jamnut that stays PUT,.. but occassionally, They will share that harrowing story , especially around young Guys that like to take risks ... Blessings to ALL of You ,...And As that fellas Wife would say " Lets Not wear Out Our Guardian Angels by keeping them constantly on Their toes"
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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