That's a great story. Early in my mechanical career I was going to work on a V4 Wisconsin. The boss warned me that if it had any stuck valves- don't try to turn it over- it would break the camshaft. Guess how long I remembered that advice?! Immediately after I gave a little tug on the flywheel, and I heard a distinct SNAP, it came back to me. Much later I was working on a GM V-6 in a New Idea Uni System power unit. I never much liked the way they ran, but this one sounded rougher than usual,or so I thought. I don't recall exactly what I did, but I was fooling around with the carb., and thought something should be changed. After I did that experiment and found I was wrong, I tried to put things back the way they were. But between whatever part it was that was not available separately, and/or the carb. body, it was new carb. time. It ran just as good after as before! The ignition story above reminds of another story- this one not a disaster for me. Went out on a service call on Gleaner K combine. Chev. 250 cu. in. 6 gas. It started and ran fine, but had no power. This was a well cared for machine. I went through all the usual. Fuel supply right from the tank through the carb. Nothing. Same with ignition. Nothing. I had given up, which I hated to do. Just as I was about to leave,it popped into my mind to go back and check the firing order. EUREKA! The #2 and #5 wires were switched. I couldn't believe an engine could start, run, idle, no hint of mis-fire, just absolutely smooth, etc. Then it dawned on me, being familiar with insides of a straight 6 cyl. engine- someone really screwed up, or maybe they really knew what they were doing! Later when I had a score to settle with someone who happened to own a straight six, guess what?!
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