Magnetic Idler Pulley?

Never heard of such a thing. Does this make your "N" idle smoother so you don't spill your beer ;-)

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(quoted from post at 10:08:18 02/09/19) Never heard of such a thing. Does this make your "N" idle smoother so you don't spill your beer ;-)

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No, but if you have one you don't need it can make your wallet considerably fatter :roll:

TOH
 
(quoted from post at 10:08:18 02/09/19) Never heard of such a thing. Does this make your "N" idle smoother so you don't spill your beer ;-)

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o tools needed.....just slap it on, just like those little refrigerator magnets, and fire her up!
 
I think you have to run your fuel line near it so it magnetizes the (non-metallic) fuel atoms like those snake-oil miracle mileage in-line magnet gizmos J.C.
Whitney used to sell!

Oddly, my wartime 2n has one on it, and so does the Ford power unit off of a baler I have.....
 
(quoted from post at 09:08:18 02/09/19) Never heard of such a thing. Does this make your "N" idle smoother so you don't spill your beer ;-)

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There's lots of naming anomalies like that in various FIAT EPC's that make absolutely NO sense.

I'm gonna GUESS being familiar with mechanical things is NOT high on the list to get you hired in the dept. that updates old parts catalogs.
 
Here is the pulley for the magneto system that I sold stumpy years ago. This warhorse now belongs to Joel W

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(quoted from post at 18:26:42 02/09/19) Here is the pulley for the magneto system that I sold stumpy years ago. This warhorse now belongs to Joel W

Back in April of 2011 Stumpy and I discussed repopping the idler pulley and bracket. Here is an original pulley he sent me to use as a model. I wound up making the brackets but not the pulley. Like I said earlier, they sell for good money if you have one....

TOH

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I didn't get it till Kirk posted the
photo.
Didn't get the reference to Buggles the
other day either either but figured it had
to do with television so I didn't look it
up.
 
I wonder if that is the tractor I helped Stumpy get an NOS wartime dash for.
I saw it at a swap meet and recognized it from reading his progress rebuilding a warhorse. Got him in touch with the seller.
The the knock-out for the amp meter had never been punched out. Had two? little tabs still holding it in. The seller had a pair of them iirc.
 
The impulse coupling on a magneto makes crank starting MUCH easier.

With skill, one can almost make an engine equipped with an impulse magneto start itself if all is as it should be.

Dean
 
These certainly should be easy enough to build... especially with the number of automotive idler pulleys available at any junk yard... the pulley has no need to be metal...
 
Duane,
You are correct. That darned gizmo even has a grease zerk on it and wouldn't be nearly as frictionally efficient or have the longevity of a modern idler.
On the other hand, next to the aluminum hood tractors the war models gotta have all the right parts on them and having a Toyletta part on one is almost as bad as an alternator hanging on an early 39.
On the other hand, a polished alternator would look nice next to a polished hood. Wink
 
Yes UD it's the same one. Here's a photo of it unpainted. It's getting paint and replacing the step up with a step down I found for Joel, should be ready for the show this year.

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That's what happened when New Holland took over. Years ago, in the 70's, I was delegated to work with some Japanese engineers translating manuals into English for General Numeric/FANUC NC Lathe machine manuals. The translators tape recorded our meetings. They write just like they talk - the finished manuals contained all the broken English dialog as they interrupted it. Sounds stereotypical but by the 80's they got better.

Tim Daley(MI)
 
(quoted from post at 23:26:31 02/09/19) Duane,
You are correct. That darned gizmo even has a grease zerk on it and wouldn't be nearly as frictionally efficient or have the longevity of a modern idler.
On the other hand, next to the aluminum hood tractors the war models gotta have all the right parts on them and having a Toyletta part on one is almost as bad as an alternator hanging on an early 39.
On the other hand, a polished alternator would look nice next to a polished hood. Wink

I guess I have been around here too long. I assumed everyone was familiar with the part and the posts were all tongue in cheek.

Making a functional magneto idler pulley is trivial - making one that satisfies the OEM look-alike requirements of the war model collectors is a bit more challenging. In the end I did make a batch of the adapter plates (part number 6) which are virtually identical to OEM but decided there wasn't enough interest to spend any time on the pulleys. I did go as far as bending the two straps for the pulley (part number 7) and they are still laying on the workbench. I took some good pictures of the original pulley before I returned it to Stumpy just in case the project ever gets revived.

TOH
 
(quoted from post at 04:40:21 02/10/19) Is this the same '69 parts manual that has all the tool info mucked up???

Tim Daley(MI)

The '69 manual was written by Ford Tractor Division. This messup came from the 2006 Manual by NewHolland.
 
(quoted from post at 22:26:31 02/09/19) On the other hand, a polished alternator would look nice next to a polished hood. Wink
That would really give some collectors apoplexy!
 
"That's what happened when New Holland took over. Years ago, in the 70's, I was delegated to work with some Japanese engineers translating manuals into English for General Numeric/FANUC NC Lathe machine manuals. The translators tape recorded our meetings. They write just like they talk - the finished manuals contained all the broken English dialog as they interrupted it. Sounds stereotypical but by the 80's they got better."

Who worked with them in the 80's that was able to supervise them well enough to get it right?
 

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