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Posted by Fawteen on December 30, 2004 at 16:04:33 from (65.99.191.12):
In Reply to: Re: farmall f-12 posted by trickie-mi on December 30, 2004 at 15:41:59:
Frankly, I dunno much about magnetos. I sent mine out to be rebuilt cuz I KNEW it was junk. At a guess, I'd say if it worked when it was parked, and the points, condenser and wires are good, it oughta work. Starting is tricky, mostly because of the downdraft carb. They'll flood at the drop of a hat. Also, the most commonly used plug is a Champion, D16 I think. They're junk, but I can't find the equivalent Autolite locally. Once you get the starting drill figured out, and use it faithfully, and keep the carb clean and the float adjusted, they'll start fairly reliably. If you flood it, just walk away until it evaporates, or pull it with another tractor. You'll never start a flooded F12 with the crank. BTDT... BTW, most of them did, indeed, start on gas and run on either kero or "distillate". That's because at the time the kero was much cheaper than gas. Any more, it ain't worth it, and it's a PITA anyway. Kero doesn't make as much power, and if you forget and turn it off with a carb full of kero, you're in for a real treat trying to get it started again. Just use gas all the time, easier and cheaper.
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