Being an air cooled engine, it had baffle plates over each cylinder head set out about an inch or two to facilitate air flow over the cylinder heads. We used to bale a lot of red clover hay, which if a little too dry would get pretty chaffy and dusty. Chaff/dust would build up between the cyl head and the baffle plate and first start to smoke and if not noticed quickly enough, catch fire. With someone on a trailing wagon it would be seen right away. Free dropping with only one guy driving the tractor and going at a pretty good clip (that baler would put out 10 old long squares a minute) the smoke would trail behind and might not be noticed so soon. Made for some quick scrambling.
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