Cool! We (Dad) had one of these on the farm back in the 80's. It brings back good memories! I started many times but have since forgot. Thanks for sharing.
Sweet ride...thanks for clarifying start procedure which is the way I believed was correct but seeing alot of guys do it wrong. Your shut down procedure is new to me but seems like a really good idea. Grew up with one of these and not sure my dad ever cracked open the manual so we just did what we thought was right which often was not!!
Interesting. My Dad said that the engine rocking after shutdown on our model 60 gasser was the sign of a healthy engine with good compression. Never had flywheel problems, although my Uncle's AR once did.
It’s something with the big diesel engines, they were known for loosening up the flywheels so the decompression helped mitigate that. Not so big of a deal on the small gassers. My 50 has an overhauled motor and rocks pretty good at shut down
Cool! We (Dad) had one of these on the farm back in the 80's. It brings back good memories! I started many times but have since forgot. Thanks for sharing.
Sweet ride...thanks for clarifying start procedure which is the way I believed was correct but seeing alot of guys do it wrong. Your shut down procedure is new to me but seems like a really good idea. Grew up with one of these and not sure my dad ever cracked open the manual so we just did what we thought was right which often was not!!
Many people don’t utilize the decompression pedal properly, which causes issues with the flywheel rocking back and forth, making them loosen up
Interesting. My Dad said that the engine rocking after shutdown on our model 60 gasser was the sign of a healthy engine with good compression. Never had flywheel problems, although my Uncle's AR once did.
It’s something with the big diesel engines, they were known for loosening up the flywheels so the decompression helped mitigate that. Not so big of a deal on the small gassers. My 50 has an overhauled motor and rocks pretty good at shut down
Not shutting it down right is why dad couldn’t keep the flywheel tight.
Much easier than our old 70d with the pony engine.
You can actually turn off the ignition switch off once the engine starts.
You can, but it won’t charge the batteries and isn’t good for the generator, burned up my armature doing that