[AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder

[charlie hill]

Cecil run a wire from the cut off terminal to a switch and then run a wire
from the switch to ground.

On a slightly different line of thought.  Have you seen the kill switches
they put on personal water craft and small boats with outboard motors?   It
is a spring loaded kill switch with a lanyard that attaches to your belt or
suspenders or something.  The other end of the lanyard is a clip that keeps
the switch open.  If you fall out of the boat the lanyard pulls away from
the kill switch allowing it to close and kills the engine.

I have been tempted to install those on my tractors.  You can buy them for a
few bucks at a boat supply place.

Charlie

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder


> > This is one thing that I have never liked about the Farmall A that I
have.
> > It has a magneto with a simple stop cable.  You pull and hold the cable
to
> > shut it down, and the cable returns to the run position when you let it
go.
> > This has always made me a little cautious about how I park it on
hills...
> >
> > Vaughn
>
> Yes, that's another one. All of my tractors with mags have
> postive kill switches that stay off - except for one. That one still
> has the old style spring contact on the side of the mag that has to
> be pushed to shut it off. That worried me some but what I do is shut
> off the gas and let the engine run out and shut it off that way. It
> still will not help if the gas shut-off leaks a little as it will fill
> up the carb and be ready to go anyhow.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
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