[AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder

[Brad Gunnells]

Reminds me of a story with my Allis WC. Had it parked on a hill since 
the battery was about shot. The previous owner had installed a pull 
switch (like you'd use for a light) to kill the engine. It was wired so 
that when the switch was pulled (on) it would ground the mag and kill 
the engine.

I had a buddy that was a farm hand most of his younger years helping me 
bale hay one day. I asked him to get the Allis to move a loaded rack 
out of the field why I checked over the baler and got ready for the 
next wagon. Pretty soon he jumped in his truck and pulled over by the 
tractor. A few minutes passed...still no tractor. So I walked over to 
see what was up. There he was trying to jump start the tractor.

He was a bit embarrassed when I pushed in the switch and just barely 
touched the starter and it popped right off. He thought the switch had 
to be "on" (grounding the mag) to start. He rolled it, jumped it, and 
still couldn't make it go.

After that I bought a key switch that grounds in the the off position 
so anyone besides me would find it intuitive. I still joke to him about 
having to install a key switch so the help could figure it out!

Brad

On Feb 24, 2004, at 6:54 AM, Vaughn Miller wrote:

> 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
>
>>>> rbobmull at comcast.net 2/23/04 5:02:23 PM >>>
> <snip>
> An Antique tractor with a magneto that doesn't have a kill switch could
> also
> do this.
> <snip>
>
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