If you want get serious about fixing the starting problems with these old girls, you might like to ponder removing the head, and attacking it with a die-grinder.(see before and after pics). The secret is to open up the narrow port from the pre-combustion chamber. This allows the ignited fuel to pass from the pre-combustion chamber into the cylinder more easily and quickly. The pics show one I did some time back, with very good results. A friend of mine removed more material than I did when he attacked his, and, in his words,.."Starts like a 3 cylinder Perk now!!" But DO NOT take any material away from the area close to where the head gasket sits, for obvious reasons! In the pic, I have scribed a line where the edge of the gasket would sit. Let us know how you get on, Evan.
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Today's Featured Article - Identifying Tractor Noises - by Curtis Von Fange. Listening To Your Tractor : Part 3 - In this series we are continuing to learn the fine art of listening to our tractor in hopes of keeping it running longer. One particularly important facet is to hear and identify the particular noises that our
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