Posted by cdmn on March 13, 2020 at 19:31:59 from (96.33.227.18):
In Reply to: 1919-20 Fordson posted by Oldfarmman on March 13, 2020 at 12:23:51:
They are set up just like a Model T Ford car or truck. Theoretically you can start one by cranking "on the magneto". However, you would need to be a superman. Most of the time a starting battery would be used, with a switch to take the magneto out of the circuit. [Be sure you don't hook up the battery so that it discharges the magnets. Be careful!.] These were six volt dry-cells, still sold today to power electric fencers. Fordson farm tractors didn't get electric starters and batteries until about 1945. But they did make special industrial models that did.
Notice: You are asking for trouble if you try to pull-start a Fordson. The worm gears in the rear won't work that way and may break up.
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