[AT] Rationale for firing orders

[charlie hill]

I think that nothing  nothing has helped the popularity of JD's about as
much as it has Harley Davidson.  And that is a good bit.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rationale for firing orders


> Frobl,
>
> Actually, your J.D. is neither.  I'm not sure of the correct firing order,
> but it is either 1-2- nothin'-nothin', or 2-1-nothin'- nothin'.  If you
> listen carefully to the exhaust you can even hear the nothin'-nothin'
part.
> I think of it as firing disorder!  I wonder If they would have as
successful
> a collector tractor if they had eliminated the twist in the crankshaft to
> make them even firing, or built the other half of the engine?  After all,
> the Field Marshall and Lantz are hits at shows when they jump around at
> idle.
>
> Most other early tractor makers actually had clever engineers that
designed
> their engines with each half as a mirror image of the other, so the
engines
> could run as they should.  :-)
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Rationale for firing orders
>
>
> > Roger Welsch wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone help me with a brief and simple explanation of why a
motor's
> > > firing order wouldn't always be one-two-three-four?  My Allis WCs are
> > > one-two-four-three but I have no idea why....  I love to kid my
in-laws
> that
> > > they've always prefered John Deere Bs because they can remember the
> firing
> > > order.....
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know about that Rog, I am not sure if the firing order on my
> > 1948 A is 1-2 or 2-1.    ;-)
> >
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >
> >
> > "farmer"
> >
> > Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson at svs.net
> >
> >
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