[AT] Mags

[Ken Knierim]

All of my Case tractors have Case magnetos on them... while there may
have been others installed on them over the years, I've had good
service from the genuine Case mags. The tractor I have in the shop is
a 1941 DH (very similar to the DC-4) that was always crank started (no
electrics on it). When I got the head torn down, I'd never seen valves
in such poor shape, but I knew it ran because I'd crank-started it
myself after it sat for 20 years. I'd have to say the mag (Case
base-mount) was able to light the fire adequately... maybe that's what
you need to get the DC-4 to start. :)

And don't forget to choke the heck out of it while you're doing it...
All my D's are quite picky about this. They usually fire on about the
second or third compression and wake right up.

Ken in AZ


On 12/21/06, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
> Francis Robinson wrote:
> >       I have a mag sitting on the shelf in the shop that I believe my father
> > saved off of a McCormick 10-20 back in the mid 1940's. I seem to recall
> > writing down the info off of it some time ago but can't remember it right
> > now and if I were to try to walk to the shop I would probably drown. Rain,
> > rain, rain... This Mag has a full sheet metal brass case. It would surely
> > buff up very nice. I do remember that he prized it rather highly back then.
>
> Just a wild guess but the name "Dixie Splitdorf" comes to mind when we
> are thinking of McCormick magnetos . My old 15-30 "lawn ornament" I
> think has one of these mags on it.
> I've got a few old Case mags off DC4 tractors, seems to me they are
> mostly Wico or Fairbanks Morse. None of them ever seemed to have enough
> "juice" to start that stubborn old DC4 without resulting in pull
> starting with another tractor. Usually one of my reliable old Cockshutt
> tractors to the rescue.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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