[AJD] timing crash test.............

[Louis]

Sheet metal and paint can be replaced.  I am glad you and everyone else
is ok.

Lou

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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:30 PM
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Subject: [AJD] timing crash test.............


well I continued the work of the last make shift mechanic and re
soldered the lead they had picked out of the coil, still wasent getting
much of anything, condensor tests fine. I have nobody here to help me
pull start it, and I could not think of one safe way to do it my self.
so I pushed the tractor away from the garage and was able to squeeze my
truck by, and pulled the tractor (in neutral) to an area that was out of
the way. while I was out there I decided to give it one more shot, I
opened the pet cocks and adjusted throttle and choke, stepped on the
starter, it gave a tremendous back fire AND STARTED, I had sometime
while climbing on the tractor pushed it into 6th gear and not noticed I
could not get the clutch disengaged, could not turn in time and ran into
the back bumper of my truck, very hard, it put a dent the width of the
front of the tractor pushed clear to the sheet metal of the truck, only
scratching the paint and primer down to bare cast on the pedestal of the
tractor. by that time I had gotten it out of gear. I am so pissed at my
carelessness that I could just spit. what if I had been standing next to
the tractor pushing on the starter, as I have done many times in the
past, what if my fiance had been there and gotten in front of the
tractor. we learn from our mistakes, but why do some of them have to be
such gosh darn stupid ones.

well I shut it down to move my truck and assess the damamge and went to
start it again and couldent, Im back to little or no spark, checked into
coil again, coil still tests 0......... while it did run, it ran very
poor, lots of misfiring

somebody should take my truck and tractor away as a punishment.

Nick
sorry for venting about my stupidity



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