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[Gene Dotson]

    Ralph;
    My DC4 had starting problems too. The problem was the impulse spring in 
the magneto had broken and let the timing retard. Replaced the spring and 
now starts right up and cured the overheating problem too.
    With 13 Case tractors on the place, all of them start pretty easy.
    Tractor has a Roust-a-Bout loader on it that is really heavy. Now if I 
can only get it to steer a little easier.

                        Gene



> Ken, I know other people have told me these Case tractors were generally 
> good starters but I have a 35 year history with this tractor's starting 
> problems. When it belonged to a neighbour that I worked for I learned a 
> lot about crank starting as the electric starter was weak. This tractor 
> was usually parked on a long hill on the creekside as a means of roll 
> starting. It was temperamental and unreliable and no mechanic ever seemed 
> to be able to solve its problem for long.
> I think now its a combination of having been parked so long that there may 
> be carburetor problems as well as ignition.
> I can remember choking that engine on starting and the gas would be 
> running out the bottom of the carburetor but still no start. I think this 
> DC4 will be spending most of its time sitting in its parking spot in the 
> quonset until the day I am looking for a project. I'm a bit biased towards 
> my Cockshutt tractors it seems.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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