[AJD] Backfire

[Michael Ostrander]

Gary-
D's are AWESOME!, if I had to use a 1 word description.  When I redid my 36
D many years ago, we took it out next to a 100+ y.o. oak tree with nearly a
36" diameter.  I threw a log chain around it, attached it to the drawbar of
the D, tightened the chain, put it in low gear and pushed the clutch in.  We
just left it there for a while to dig some holes.  It was a nice break-in.
When the D finally got enough traction and the roots gave out on the
oak....;-).  hahahahaha, there is no other sound like that of D!  I still
like running mine on kerosene and watching the smoke rings as she pops them
off.

Belting your tractor to start it is no big deal.  Just make sure that you
are running the tractor you want to start in the correct direction by
flipping you belt 180 degrees.  The only other option is to start it with an
H since the engineer screwed up the direction of the belt pulley on that
tractor.  I have a joke for you, How many GP's does it take to start a D?
LOL, I better answer this one offline so my dad doesnt see it!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
Gary Epps
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [AJD] Backfire


Thanks Bruce and Michael.  I checked the mag timing and it was firing
too soon so after adjusting it ran better without as much backfiring,
just little pop now and then.  At least I got it warm enough to adjust
the tappets and get the tappet cover back on.  I still can't start it by
hand though I have hope that I am closer.

Next step is pull the carb and look inside it.  Today I unscrewed the
load needle and saw a little bit of crud on the needle body.  Probably
more inside.

The longer I ran it today the better it ran.  I guess I need to remember
that it hasn't been run much since the engine was gone through in the
early to mid '90s.  Maybe I need to cut a large tree down and drag it
around for a few hours.  I don't have a plow and the ground here is now
ground you would stick a plow in anyway.

Thanks for help.  I'm learning a lot on this old girl.  Hopefully I'll
have her running as smooth as silk before long.  My wife steadfastly
insists that she is not a tractor person and does not like driving
another tractor to pull this one.  If I get the AR (with electric start)
running well I hopt to use it to belt start the D.  Are there any
caveats that I should be aware of in belt starting one tractor from another?

Gary

Michael Ostrander wrote:
> Gary-
> I would check your timing BEFORE pull starting it.  It only takes a minute
> to two.  We have had a tractor or two slip timing at shut off on those
last
> few chugs.  You only have to roll the flywheel over and listen for the
> impulse and watch your timing mark on the flywheel.  If you had flames
> jumping out when you last ran it, the timing was set where it could run
but
> not as close as it should be.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
> Gary Epps
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:30 PM
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AJD] Backfire
>
>
> 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
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