Posted by kossuth on August 21, 2008 at 18:32:18 from (72.23.44.112):
In Reply to: Old M still won't tun posted by Bob in E.Texas on August 21, 2008 at 17:37:37:
Bob in E.Texas said: (quoted from post at 17:37:37 08/21/08) Back on June 12,this year I posted a message telling of all the problems in trying to get my Old Farmall M to run.It was posted under my name of Another Bob. This time they won't accept that name(?) In any event I received a lot ot suggestions, most of them we tried. No luck. Still acts like it is going to run, then in a minute or so, stops. I have a good man working on it, he used to heve a tractor dealership.After a number of attemps he said,"It should run,I can't understand why it seems to start,but won't stay going." Any suggestions, or ideas welcomed. Has anyone had one like this and found the trouble to be with the manifold? That is about the only part I haven't replaced.
Could be a number of things. Could be the ignition timing. Could be a fuel issue. Could be that the preset on the valvetrain is much tighter than it should be. I'd check those three things. If it's getting fuel, timing is right, and has compression it's gotta run. You're missing one of these three components.
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