[AJD] Backfire

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

Sounds like the mag timing is off, did you check and double check that?
Or the valve adjustment is incorrect possibly
Greg


Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
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On Thu Apr  7 23:29 , Gary Epps <garyepps at fidnet.com> sent:

>When I tried to start the '35 D this afternoon I got a sharp backfire, 
>really sharp with a metalic over-tone.  I checked carefully and turning 
>the flywheel over slowly could hear nor feel anything different.  I 
>continued trying to start it and got another sharp backfire, this time 
>without the metalic over-tone.  I was working  under a metal roofed 
>lean-to fastened to a metal sided building.  I gave up trying to start 
>it without help to pull it.
>
>The question is Do I have a problem here, other than after flattening 
>the head, compression is so great I don't have the stamina to start it 
>by hand.  Am I likely to do any damage pulling it to start it.  Like the 
>guy said, "It ran before I parked it."  I had it running a month ago it 
>seemed to run well with the exception that it seemed to have quite a bit 
>  of flame shooting out the exhaust.  It was near dusk.  What do you 
>think am I probably alright to start it by pulling?
>
>Gary
>-- 
>In the Ozark Mountains of South Central USA where both life and I move 
>at a leisurely pace.
>
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