Posted by KEH on August 15, 2010 at 13:47:36 from (209.213.26.108):
In Reply to: Fordson posted by Matt Weismiller on August 15, 2010 at 11:09:55:
Suggest you ask on the Fordson board below for more expert opinion.
We had a Fordson when I was a boy and I have driven it. I have no idea about the fireing order. It has a manual spark advance system with control levers on the dash, RH side as I recall. It was retarded to start, advanced as it warmed up. You are using gasoline to start with instead of kerosene aren't you?
I was at Biltmore Estate, Ashville, NC when they started a Fordson. They said the magnets on the flywheel needed replacing and they hooked a 12 volt battery to it somewhere, I think the coils, to get enough juce to start it.
They turn over better if the oil is warm. Once Daddy put coals of fire under the oil pan in the winter to warm up the oil.
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