[AT] 444 Massey Startup

[Ralph Goff]

On 7/23/2017 9:44 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> We had a MF 85 diesel that had the continental diesel engine that I
> think was in the 44 or 55 diesel.  It would pull pretty good, but It had
> to be pulled to start every morning.  If it was below 85 degrees it took
> ether and a good battery.  If it was below 50, it had to be pulled.  The
> continental diesel was a very low compression engine for a diesel.  I
> pulled a 14ft disc with that tractor as deep as it would go after we put
> duals on the tractor. The manifold would get cherry red at night and
> glow.  In late fall nights it was a nice way to keep warm.
>
> Cecil
> This triple 4 has the gas engine so as long as the gas is flowing and the points making spark it
will start any day of the year.  I think they were a Continental gas 
engine.
>
> Ralph in  Sask.
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