[AT] What would we do without the JD hand cranks?

[Tyler Juranek]

Good day all,
I know that we talk a lot about the two cylinder Jd's on here, and so
I thought I'd share an interesting experience.
Here is the story.
This morning I went out to our family shed here, and started up the
good ol 36 A. Of course it fired on the seccond crank.
So with some sighted help, I took it down the road in road gear a little ways.
Then I turned around and come home. My dad had a meeting to go to this
morning with another guy, so my mom, who is my sighted help most of
the time when it comes to the tractor, went in and got something for
my dad. While the A was sittin there idoling, I decided I'd save a
little fuel and just shut it off for a bit.
So my dad is leaving and saying, "Now that sucker is not gunna run again."
Well, of course he was right.
There was no way I could've used my dad's JD 50 to belt start it,
because we were about 10 FT from the road.
I cranked and cranked, and couldn't get it to do a thing! Not even say pop pop.
So I just got so discouraged, I left it there with the brakes on.
So, jump ahead about three hours or so.
I went out there and shut the petcocks, as I left them open to let the
fuel leak out of the cediment bowl.
So, after shutting the petcocks, I set my throttle to the usual place.
I gave the flywheel a wirl. Nothing but a click.
Tried it about 3 more times with the same result.
So, I pulled the throttle back, and went over to the clutch side.
I put my hands around the belt pulley and spun it as fast as I could.
Then I did the same thing, accept when I got it spinning, I pushed the
clutch ahead. Of course it didn't start, since I wasn't spinning it
fast enough.
Before I went inside the house, I decided I better try the flywheel again.
So, I grabbed it, and gave it a wirl. Nothing but a click.
So, I did it again, and spun it again, this time a little harder.
You'll never believe what happened!
"Pop pop pop pop pop!", it said.
I couldn't believe what happened.
Just thought I'd share that interesting experience with everyone.
Does anyone have any idea as to why it did what it did?
Take care,
Tyler Juranek

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