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tractorkrum

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Once again I am putting together some tractor trivia questions for our tractor club Christmas party. I have about twenty five already and as in the past requested members of YT to provide a few. If you have any suggestions they would be welcomed. Also, a couple of weeks ago someone said that he had an 806 that needed a zipper on the engine. I have never heard this comment before so I am wondering what he was referring to. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide me.
 
tractorkrum, The zipper on the engine because he most likely has had to take it apart many times. My neighbor said that about his Long 1310 engine.
 
Christmas party??????????? Here is the trivia question, which model diesel tractor was started by a hand crank??
 
Here is a question for your group
What does the 9, 2, and 8 mean on the Ford N series (9N, 2N, 8N) tractors?
 
i thought that to do with the block cracked and it welded back together. it doesn't work if it had big breaks
 
How do you start a IH WD-9 Diesel tractor?
First you start it with gas just like any other gas engine. You run the engine on gas until the engine is warm. Then you push the gas to diesel lever and engage full throttle at the same time. If all goes well the engine runs.
 
Quoting from several years memory, I saw a Field Marshall (British Lanz) crawler started whith a crank handle. It was inserted underneath the top of the track on the right hand side. Only seen it once and never knew before that happened. It was in Queensland, Australia. Must say, I got quite a surprise.
 
And if all goes well, the heads don't crack. (J/K!)
Probably too easy for your club, but have them name the first tractor with a live PTO.
 
The one with tracks should have been labeled a Fowler. A near neighbour has one in his shed. Same power unit as a Field Marshall. Another local who worked on them says the tracks are D4.

Re starting. Recommended start was a cartridge and a saltpetre wick. There is a thread around the flywheel. You turned the flywheel to the "just so" position, put the decompressor wheel on the specified number of tracks of the thread (might have been something like 2 IIRC) and set the throttle. Inserted cartridge and the lighted wick. Then hit the firing pin with a hammer. And if all was well it should leap to life - literally. The cartridges were potent, were 12 ga size and had severe warnings to not use in a shotgun.

Another story is about the bloke who was out of cartridges so used a standard 12 ga - with the lead still in.

IIRC the crank was thicker than any other I've ever seen, was long enough for 2 men to use and warning was you could kill yourself if you tried it with only 1.
 
When they open. Now if you want the answer it is when the 12 volts or six volts, or the rotor in the magneto, what ever. The electrical primary field collapses. This induces the field in the secondary coil that produces the HV Spark. When the points close the primary builds up very quickly, and it also charges the capacitor. The cap. is kinda like a buffer so the points don't arc to much when they open. Buttt when the points open, that field collapses even faster. Hope i have this correct. Theory is a little mind exercise at one in the morning. Amyone else want to jump in? You want to play with something that can really fry your finger tips, play with a Model T buzz box. Really old tractors that were painted gray had them. Six volts to a button on that little wood box and a whole bunch of thousand comes out the other button. Have a little set of reed like points that buzz. A very angry bee of a buzz.ZAP!
 
Many pony motors could be started with a crank, like Caterpillars. For that matter my Dad's UD 18 power unit had a big crank that could be used. And on cold mornings we helped the batteries turn it over.
 
You have it right.

To make the question a little more complicated, what happens to the spark timing if the point gap is too wide? (it either fires early or not at all, depending on what's inducing the low voltage current in the coil)
 
I agree with the collapsing field on the opening. we used the collapsing field on occasion when opening high voltage disconnect switches on ac electric transmission systems.
 
Somewhere on U-Tube there are some videos that show how those switches are AIR powered! They disconnect so blasted fast the cycle of electricity can't jump the gap. There is some crazy awsum stuff out there.
 
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