[AT] History Exam

[RonMyers at wildblue.net]

I crank start my Case LA with 403 CID engine its fun.  Also High
compression head. Can't pull it straight up so I get it where I can rock
it back and forth and pull it over the top. Never had it kick back on me.
Ron


> It is a piece of cake, I have a 1918 T with the crank start.
> But I havent tried to crank the 47 Farmall M
>
> Ben Staats
>
>
> On 6/12/07, Louis R Godena <louisgodena at ids.net> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, you had to have the spark "up" and the gas "down" when cranking the
>> Model T, or you might lose the use of your arm for awhile if the crank
>> "kicked back".
>>
>> Louis G
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam
>>
>>
>> > RonMyers at wildblue.net wrote:
>> >> Ralph,  I don't remember which car had them but it had the Throttle
>> on
>> >> the
>> >> steering wheel and another lever that i am not sure what it did. All
>> I
>> >> know is they were hard for a kid to move them.
>> >
>> > I can't speak from experience but have heard that the Model T Ford had
>> > the spark and gas levers on the steering column. Must have been quite
>> a
>> > process getting one of these cars started.
>> >
>> > Ralph in Sask.
>> >
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