Older Farmall timing revisted.

Posted by kopeck on September 12, 2009 at 18:08:17 from (74.209.51.58):

Last week I had a thread going on timing the distributor on my '45 BN.

If I had it timed by the book it has a skip at hi-idle, when I retarded the timing a bit the skip went away. I sort of hated to retard it as I know that can cause things to run warm and I was planning on working the tractor hard (plowing) that week.

So I set out to the field with the timing set by the book with a skip all the way there. As soon as I got on the governor the skip goes away, 7 hours of plowing and never a skip (well, sort of, read below) under load. Then it was just a light drive back home, again with the skip.

I guess the tractor just likes to be worked...

Now a little story. First off my BN has a 187-BN 16" plow, which in sod that hasn't been touched in many years was giving the old girl a good workout. She walked great in first but really need the extra speed of second to flip the sod over, third worked but was really to much for the conditions. Anyway, about 3/4s of the way though the job my BN started to spew black smoke, lost all power and then stalled. I thought something really bad had just happend, the engine while running strong all day is a bit worn. I hit the starter rod and it didn't start and seemed to be spinning pretty fast. I jump off the tractor and see gas pouring out of the carb.

So, I go home grab a carb I had on my bench waiting to be rebuilt and was back in business. I haven't pulled the bad carb apart yet to see what was going on but my guess is the float must have a pin hole in it, I can't imagine the needle just all of a sudden going bad.

I have to admire farmers that used to make they living with these machines. Plowing in heavy ground with a small tractor is definitely a "involved" job for the operator. Better then a horse though!

K

Replies:

• Re: Older Farmall timing revisted. kopeck 05:25:09 09/13/09 (0)
• Re: Older Farmall timing revisted. Janicholson 20:22:05 09/12/09 (0)
• Re: Older Farmall timing revisted. kopeck 18:53:16 09/12/09 (0)
• Re: Older Farmall timing revisted. ScottyHOMEy 18:34:08 09/12/09 (0)

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