[Farmall] F-20 questions

[Bob Currie]

Joe, I would add this to the mix of answers and see if it helps any. The 
firing order is stamped on the side of the block, not the timing. Take all 
the spark plugs out, and slowly crank the motor by hand until the #1 
cylinder's piston is at the top of the cylinder. You can tell by putting 
your thumb over the spark plug hole as you (or someone else) does the 
cranking. When the "whoosh" is at highest pressure against your thumb, then 
take a look at the rotor. It should be closely lined up with the #1 mark on 
the distributor. If that works, then go one step further, and make sure 
that particular spark plug wire runs from the #1 spot on the distributor 
cap,,up to the #1 spark plug. which is at the front of the block, closest 
to the fan, not at the back of the block. If these things don't line up, 
then move that coupler you mentioned 90 or 180 degrees until you're in the 
ball park.

bobcurrie
greenwood, CA

07:36 AM 7/28/06, you wrote:
>Fellas,
>I am in the last stages of building an F-20 engine from parts. The magneto 
>is bolted on and I noticed that the impulse trips about halfway down the 
>piston stroke. Is this correct? The little round thingamabob that goes 
>between the mag and the engine has slots cut at 90 degrees of each 
>other.  Since the timing is stamped on the side of the block, I can figure 
>that out. The Mag has "1" on the upper right terminal. Is the rotation of 
>the rotor clockwise  or counterclockwise (like the input shaft). Thanks 
>for any answers as I have already exceeded my yearly quota for broken 
>bones and don't want to add an arm to it.
>Joe
>
>joseph buckley
>josephlbuckley at earthlink.net
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