[Farmall] Points, Farmall A

[Mike Sloane]

I&T manuals are essentially just "digest" forms of the IH service 
manual. Go to Binder Books <www.binderbooks.com> and order the service 
manual from them, and all your questions will be answered in detail. :-)

Note that, for any 4 stroke engine, the firing stroke and the exhaust 
stroke will both look the same when you view the timing mark on the 
crankshaft pulley. But the distributor rotor will be 180° out of 
position. But (and this is a big BUT), if the distributor was removed at 
some point and put back in incorrectly, it is still possible to time the 
engine properly; it just takes a little more work to figure things out.

Mike

gb spear wrote:
> This must be a boring inquiry to all the good Farmall mechanics, but
> Im lost,,I got an IT,,Farmall Book today and it does not address
> setting the points on any of the tractors. Are the points set with
> the rub block on the highest part of the rotor?  What about ,,when my
> No 1 is up and firing,the rotary button is not on the No 1,,dist
> post...do I make no 1 , the post where it is pointing?? I just got
> this engine and hope the cam/crank dots are aligned...Any input is
> appreciated,,,and is there a good manual to buy,,,,Thanks GB