I have a Farmall M that we were working on restoring after sitting in a shed a few years. Ran when they parked it type of deal.
We have removed and cleaned most of the not chassis parts and reinstalled all of them repairing as we go. We are now to the point we feel the engine should start and we cannot get it to run.
We took the front crankcase cover off but did no engine work other than gasket replacements on the side and top covers. Basically, flushed as much junk out of the cooling system as we could.
We have ordered a new starter, rebuilt the carburetor, have a rubber fuel line connecting the tank to the carb, flushed and reinstalled the radiator, updated the magneto under the distributor cap, put a new cap and wires and new plugs.
When we crank it we get enough suction on the air cleaner side of the carb to oull your hand tight to it. We appear to be getting good gas to the carb. I would not call the plugs dry.
On the electrical side we followed an online diagram on this website to rewire it. It is 12 volt conversion with a resistor that is good. We can get the work light on we get spark on the plugs when we hold the wire next to the plug, we have confirmed 3 times we have the cables on correctly.
We have put oil in the plugs and gas and gas and oil mix and attempted to get it to fire. To date I think we have had 2 real fires and that s it. We are running out of ideas and would like any help. We aren t to the give up point but my son is getting fairly discouraged.
We have removed and cleaned most of the not chassis parts and reinstalled all of them repairing as we go. We are now to the point we feel the engine should start and we cannot get it to run.
We took the front crankcase cover off but did no engine work other than gasket replacements on the side and top covers. Basically, flushed as much junk out of the cooling system as we could.
We have ordered a new starter, rebuilt the carburetor, have a rubber fuel line connecting the tank to the carb, flushed and reinstalled the radiator, updated the magneto under the distributor cap, put a new cap and wires and new plugs.
When we crank it we get enough suction on the air cleaner side of the carb to oull your hand tight to it. We appear to be getting good gas to the carb. I would not call the plugs dry.
On the electrical side we followed an online diagram on this website to rewire it. It is 12 volt conversion with a resistor that is good. We can get the work light on we get spark on the plugs when we hold the wire next to the plug, we have confirmed 3 times we have the cables on correctly.
We have put oil in the plugs and gas and gas and oil mix and attempted to get it to fire. To date I think we have had 2 real fires and that s it. We are running out of ideas and would like any help. We aren t to the give up point but my son is getting fairly discouraged.