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I'm new to the Case L's, but I got a 1930 L a few weeks ago from a guy who knew nothing about it (he was selling it for someone else) so I have had to learn by trial and error and by talking with others. I got to the point where I could sometimes get it to start in 4-8 cranks, but I'm sure it is out of tune in every way. I could get nothing out of it if it stopped, or I stopped it and tried to restart when hot. Last week I went to a big local tractor show (Eastern Shore Thresherman's) and talked to two different Case L owners. Got some hints on how to start it, and a definitive - it never will restart when hot comment. Now at least I can start in 4-6 cranks almost any time I want. Still can't restart a hot engine. I'm hoping that when I get to tuning and adjusting everything it'll get a bit easier. By the way, my tractor was refitted with the gasoline intake manifold and Zenith carburetor, and later Chase magneto at some point. I've been trying to learn just what was going on when they did those conversions, as many of the Cases I've seen personally or in photos have had this same conversion. It seems that there were problems with what they called the low cost fuel manifold and the Kingston carburetor, and many dealers just did the swap as a matter of course, especially when they took an old Case L in trade for an LA, and had to clean up the L for resale. Good luck with yours, keep us posted on what happens next.
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