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Crank starting an F20 Farmall
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Posted by George on February 04, 1999 at 19:24:17:
About 35 years ago when I was about 15 years old my father had a rubber mounted F20 Farmall. Crank starting it was quite easy as long as you remember to do things in the correct order. As with the F14 some of the items were the same. Check to see if it was out of gear. Next pull out on the throttle.
Pull the choke when the engine was cold. I periodically checked to see if the carbon points under the magneto cap were glazed. A shiny appearance on the points reduced the spark voltage and made it hard to start. Scraping the glaze off the carbon points with a pocket knife so they had a dull appearance made starting much easier. Usually, on the first or second try even when cold. I always set the magneto spark to retard or after top dead center. Starting on advance spark increases the danger of a kick back as the engine fires before top dead center and increases the risk of injury to the person by causing the engine to try to start backwards. The spark is manually advanced after the tractor started to provide maximum power. I also used the thumb along the finger trick as mentioned by others to keep from ripping it off. I remember accounts provided by my father of people that actually died from injuries sustained from crank starting tractor engines. We also had an old John Deer that had a large fly wheel on the right side with finger notches on the inside for pulling the wheel. I though the John Deer was much easier and safer to start. I hope this helps any of you out there that have old iron and don't like hand cranking. Best regards
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