1949 Farmall Cub; Demonstrating why a timing light is not necessary with a magneto ignition. There is only one mark on the pulley, TDC, and the advance is fixed at all RPMs.
It looks like your governor has been readjusted to boost the high idle. 1700 rpm is to high for a Cub of that year. Only the blue stripe Cubs at the end of the series ran that fast. On the magneto models, a good way to set the timing is to have the imulse engage just as the timing mark lines up. Timing marks could be a problem for some people. In the early days of aftermarket parts, the pulleys being sold didn't have any marks.
Boy you have a nice shop you don’t even have to duck down when you’re going through the door 😀🇨🇦
I'm always learning from your videos. Thanks.
Very neat process. Thank you.
Hi Doug!
Great video as always!
It looks like your governor has been readjusted to boost the high idle. 1700 rpm is to high for a Cub of that year. Only the blue stripe Cubs at the end of the series ran that fast. On the magneto models, a good way to set the timing is to have the imulse engage just as the timing mark lines up. Timing marks could be a problem for some people. In the early days of aftermarket parts, the pulleys being sold didn't have any marks.
Nice very nice! Question, with the hand crank does the tractor always start as easily as it did for you in the video?
Yes, that was a typical hand crank start. Thanks for watching!
I noticed your jam nut not lock on your governor rod