[AT] Easier to Start?

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi, interesting.
Wasn't there a way to crank the two cylinder Jd's with electric start as well?
If anyone knows how to do so, can you please explain?
Thanks,
Tyler

On 7/19/12, Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com> wrote:
> Mike Sloane wrote:
>> The old Farmall tractors don't care whether you use the crank or the
>> starter motor. And it doesn't matter whether they have electric ignition
>> or magneto. One advantage of those old Farmall gas engines is that they
>> were very, very simple - nothing that you wouldn't recognize out of
>> VoTech text book describing generic 4 cylinder in-line engines. There
>> was no vacuum advance, nothing sophisticated at all. The smaller
>> tractors came with a crank that sat in special clips in or on the
>> operator platform, while the larger machines had other arrangements. The
>> Cubs, and A/B/C's were very easy to crank, but I have never tried to
>> crank an M or H. I think those might be more work. Incidentally, when I
>> needed to turn the engine over on my Ford 2N, I discovered that the
>> Farmall Cub hand crank fit perfectly. The only "trick", as others have
>> mentioned, is that you don't just spin the handle around. You engage the
>> crank in the "down" position, keep your thumb close to your index
>> finger, and pull up smartly on the handle. Of course, it also requires
>> that the gas be open, the ignition on, the throttle about half way, and
>> maybe the choke closed (the first time only). 9 out of 10 times, the
>> crank is the only way my '48 Cub will start.
>>
>
> My F-20 starts pretty well, so does the H. Not hard cranking either one.
>
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