[AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder

[charlie hill]

LOL.  I haven't either yet but I have had some close calls like tree limbs
and vines that threatened to take me off the seat.  A quick kill switch
would have come in handy!

I guess a kill switch is kind of like an ejection seat in an airplane.  You
hope you never use it but it is nice to have.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Brooks" <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder


> Charlie;
>
> I try never to fall off the tractor.
>
> Since I switched to drinking Ice Tea, this seems to have occurred less
often.
>
> I also find it's easier getting on.  ;)
>
> Bob
>
> At 09:22 AM 2/24/04 -0500, you wrote:
> >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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> Bob Brooks
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>
> Elmo 1948 Cub
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>
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> enough people to make it worth the effort."
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