[AT] Cub

[Vaughn Miller]

There is something magical when you hear an engine run for the first time
after you’ve been working on it.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:29 PM Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Today is a good tractor day. I got the Cub running today that I got from
> Phil Auten some months ago. Worked on it little by little when I had a
> little time. To start it I had to redo timing 180, make a temporary gas
> tank because original was full of crude from setting too long, and have the
> starter rebuilt - it had 1 coil shorted. Then just a little tinkering and
> it started.
> Was a bit concerned, because I started it dry and I started hearing some
> knock. Shit it off, put a little water in it, then connected the top fill
> between the head and the radiator, topped off the coolant, and started it
> again. Have not heard that knock again. It was not idling down, and running
> at a faster idle than I like, but for the first run in several years, that
> is not too bad.
> Now I can work on other things like idle, gas tank, generator pulleys,
> etc. Also need to start on the Alice C that is locked up. Just happy it is
> running.
>
> Dennis
>
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