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Opa A

01-21-2005 16:16:12




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I've come to a crossroads on my A. The money I'm putting into the engine (reground crank, pistons and liners, etc) has made me reconsider my budget for the overall restoration. This tractor was fully equipped with front & rear lights, generator, starter etc. All of the lights are missing, I have one mounting stud for the right front. The light switch is shot, ampmeter unreadable. Battrey box rusted to nothing. Starter is rebuildable but flywheel ring gear is bad and has already been flipped. Generator is not origional model and is beyond repair, along with having the wrong pulley. I am wondering about leaving all this equipment off, and blocking the starter hole. I don't know how hard this tractor will be to start with the crank. Any ideas. Thanks in advance.

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gusc

01-22-2005 20:40:08




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Nowhere do you say the A has a magneto? If it doesn't it sure won't run without a battery?



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OPa A

01-22-2005 10:59:10




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Thanks for all the comments! I'm going to replace the ring gear now as it is apart. Then I can take my time to find all the other parts to get it back to completely origional. Thanks again.



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TimV

01-22-2005 07:17:10




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Opa A: The A is a very easy tractor to hand-crank. I have a "45 that cranks with no problem, and my parents have a "42 (bought new and still used daily during haying) that has been crank-started exclusively for more than 20 years. It"s so easy to crank-start that they"ve never bothered fixing the starter system when it went south. Once you learn the proper method (for starters, NEVER wrap your thumb around the crank!) they"ll light off after a couple of tugs in warm weather.

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gene b

01-22-2005 04:15:31




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
A couple hundred for starter,gen,battery, wiring so forth is sure cheaper than broken arm or even more when hand cranking. Hand cranking can be serious if one is not up to the proper prodedures like haveing in neutral when cranking. SWITCH ON and CHOKE enguaged and more. Do it right and get the stuff you need for starter ect and you sure will enjoy.



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Shaggy

01-21-2005 22:26:35




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
I have a B that is crank start and it usually starts on the 3rd pull sometimes the 2nd.The engine is fresh. At the moment its my snow moving tractor so it will get a little work in the morning.



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Dennis in Wisconsin

01-21-2005 18:42:14




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Hope you live in a warm climate and if you don*t don*t plan on using it in winter **** talking wisconsin weather *** I had one and had all to do to turn crank with two hands in winter *** good luck



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Opa A

01-21-2005 21:55:24




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Dennis in Wisconsin, 01-21-2005 18:42:14  
This tractor will be mostly for show, I hope to never use it in cold weather. Southern Alberta(was 40 below here one morning last week and never got above 30 below for three days). Thanks for the heads-up.



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Steven@AZ

01-21-2005 18:05:10




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Hand starting an A is easy. I have hand started my H, SMTA, and W-9 without any trouble. I'm not a real big guy either. Just be sure to tune it properly and it should start on the 2nd click of the magneto...



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CNKS

01-21-2005 17:26:57




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
Leave the starter installed and keep the remaining parts, you may change your mind, later. Very easy to put 2 or $3000 in any letter series. Don't know about your light switch being shot, they can be taken apart and cleaned, sometimes without new parts. A new ammeter virtually identical to the original is less than $30.



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Opa A

01-21-2005 21:51:25




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to CNKS, 01-21-2005 17:26:57  
I got the light switch most of the way apart, but I couldn't get one screw out that was holding a broken resistor. I will keep all the parts I have now, and probably should install a new ring gear on the flywheel while its apart. Ive seen one rear light mounting bracket on ebay but didn't win the bid. Thanks for the help. Opa A



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F-20 Man

01-21-2005 16:36:31




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 Re: Hand starting A in reply to Opa A, 01-21-2005 16:16:12  
if you comare a farmall A to F-20 they arn't hard to star at all the battery is dead on our b so we hand start that all the time what it comes down to "Is this your "POWER HOUSE" tractor" i think the necessity of a start is almost outstanding but using your own muscle to start it brings out the olden days



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