[AT] Easier to Start?

[Steve W.]

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.

-- 
Steve W.