I'm posting here because whatever simple thing I'm missing is a simple mechanical issue, nothing model specific.
1963 Farmall 460 gas
I bought this tractor last year for a song as it was just sitting in a shed waiting for the scarp yard. The farmer who had used it passed away and his son in law has newer equipment and didn't want to mess with this one anymore. He told me the rings were shot but otherwise it worked. I tossing in some Mystery Oil and turned it with a wrench and no issue. Didn't work on it much over the winter but now it's got a fresh battery and cranks good. I replaced the coil, resister, wires, plugs, cap and rebuilt the distributor. I've tested each cylinder for spark, no issue. Fuel runs to the carb but I've been trying to get it started on ether. I didn't do a compression test, but I pulled the valve cover and it looks pretty clean with no sludge issues and everything I could see on top looked good.
I think I have a timing issue. Distributor rotates counter clockwise and its a I6, so 153624 which is also stamped on the cap (which only fits on one way). I'm confident I have this much set up right unless the cap is stamped wrong for which point is #1 (its the rear one near the clip). I think it's timing because when it's cranking if I spray in ether it pauses and sometimes I can see a little puff coming out of the valve stems, so I think it's firing early on the compression stroke. Does that sound right? What would you do next? Or does it sound like I might have missed something else.
1963 Farmall 460 gas
I bought this tractor last year for a song as it was just sitting in a shed waiting for the scarp yard. The farmer who had used it passed away and his son in law has newer equipment and didn't want to mess with this one anymore. He told me the rings were shot but otherwise it worked. I tossing in some Mystery Oil and turned it with a wrench and no issue. Didn't work on it much over the winter but now it's got a fresh battery and cranks good. I replaced the coil, resister, wires, plugs, cap and rebuilt the distributor. I've tested each cylinder for spark, no issue. Fuel runs to the carb but I've been trying to get it started on ether. I didn't do a compression test, but I pulled the valve cover and it looks pretty clean with no sludge issues and everything I could see on top looked good.
I think I have a timing issue. Distributor rotates counter clockwise and its a I6, so 153624 which is also stamped on the cap (which only fits on one way). I'm confident I have this much set up right unless the cap is stamped wrong for which point is #1 (its the rear one near the clip). I think it's timing because when it's cranking if I spray in ether it pauses and sometimes I can see a little puff coming out of the valve stems, so I think it's firing early on the compression stroke. Does that sound right? What would you do next? Or does it sound like I might have missed something else.