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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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Farmall B was running ok. Carb leaked between halves( maybe warped) wife cleaned our spare and put it on. Tractor runs great. Finished up painting, seat back, and decals. I swapped out the plug wires (used a set of old ones to paint) and moved the switch. test drive! Wait.... Popping, backfire, running rough, adjust carb.... Nothing. Try the leaking carb, nothing. 4-5 hours of hair pulling frustration I check the plug wires, you guessed it number 4 wasn't hooked up! Hanging my head.
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Don't feel bad. I had a set of plug wires on my F350 that would just fall off the plugs going down the road, usually at night. Took me a while to figure out that the ends were defective or something. Even pinching them with pliers didn't help. New quality wires fixed that.
 
In the telephone repair business we used the kiss method of trouble shooting. Keep It Simple Stupid. Usually works. Also, never do anything on a Friday that is not absolutely necessary. An old timer told me that when I was a young man just starting out. I violated that rule 2 or 3 times and got burned every time and spent my weekend repairing what I should have kept my hands off of.
Dave
 
looks good! better pull it in the shed, the weather guessers are showing some heavy stuff coming your way!
 
Sorry for your trouble Grandpa but one reason we like the old tractors is because often the repair is simple.
 
When I had my gmc dump truck carb rebuilt it was warped so much the butterflies were sticking . The guy that did it has a flat plate and emery cloth then lapping compound and he lapped it until the halves were flat and fit right again
 
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