[AT] John Deere power unit

[Charlie V]

Greg,

I can e-mail you photos of the two pages in my L manual which I took
tonight for timing the magnito if you wish.  The offers from Dean and John
might work better for you.  Let me know if you need what I have.  I will
gladly send it.

Upper wire (nearest to block) on mag goes to #1 (front) cylinder.
Lower wire (outside) to #2 cylinder.

Verifying good spark from mag and a good sharp snap from the impulse should
come first as long as the mag will need to be retimed anyway, but I am sure
you already know that.

Good luck. They are a fun little engine.  My brother bought a power unit
with the Hercules a while back.  Like yours it had a hung valve.  What he
found eventually is that someone had tried to force it over and bent the
valve stem.  After a lot of doing, he got the stem out through the guide.
I think he saved the guide, but had to replace the valve.  He has it
running and in a tractor now.

Charlie V.

P.S.  Those cranks can raise a nice blister on your hand, especially if the
grip tube does not turn freely on the crank.  Been there.  Just a few more
cranks and this thing might start.  As a kid, I used our unstyled L as my
personal runabout on the farm.  They sure were easier to get on and off
from then.  I can't figure how they changed over the years to be so
difficult now.





On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:

> I'm  guessing the first as I don't remember seeing any place for a
> starter and yes we are hand cranking it.
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