Tractor Principles: The Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care, Maintenance and Repair of the Gas Engine TractorWhitman, Roger B. (Roger Bradbury)
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Tractor Principles: The Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care, Maintenance and Repair of the Gas Engine Tractor
Whitman, Roger B. (Roger Bradbury)
Traction-engines
CHAPTER III
ENGINE PARTS
Base—Bearings—Cylinders—Crankshaft—Piston—Connecting
rod—Wrist pin—Piston rings—Valves—Cam—Valve
mechanisms—Cooling system 30
CHAPTER IV
FUELS AND CARBURETION
Oxygen necessary for combustion—Forming a mixture—Rich and
poor mixtures—Carbon—Preignition— Carbureter—Spray
nozzle—Evaporation of fuels—Carbureter principles—
Extra air inlet—Effect of heat on mixture—Loading—
Strangler 52
CHAPTER V
CARBURETERS
Carbureter parts—Manifold—Action of carbureter—Float
feed—Kerosene and gasoline—Descriptions of
carbureters—Pump feed—Use of water in the
mixture—Application of heat—Fuel pumps—Air
cleaners—Governors 70
CHAPTER VI
IGNITION
Principle of ignition—Point of
ignition—Preignition—Advance and retard—Parts of
ignition system—Magnetism—Induction—Magneto—Action
of armature—Armature windings—Circuit
breaker—Circuit—Shuttle and inductor
armatures—Sparking current—Grounded circuit—
Magneto parts—Impulse starter 102
CHAPTER VII
BATTERY IGNITION SYSTEMS
Principle of spark coil—Windings—Timer—Atwater-Kent
system—Vibrator—Spark plugs 131
CHAPTER VIII
TRANSMISSION
Transmission parts—Clutches—Necessity for change speed
gear—High and low gear—Types of change speed
gears—Necessity for differential—Principle of
differential—Drives—Worm 143
CHAPTER IX
TRACTOR ARRANGEMENT
Tractor requirements—Tractor types—Engine position—
Front axles—Spring supports 167
CHAPTER X
LUBRICATION
Importance of lubrication—Effect of oil—Kinds of
oil—Effect of temperature on oil—Using the right
kind of oil—Burning point—Viscosity—Lubrication
charts—Oiling systems—Oil pumps—Mechanical oiler—
Oil cup—Grease cup 175
CHAPTER XI
TRACTOR OPERATION
Using a new tractor—Breaking in—Daily
inspection—Driving—Shifting gears—Driving on
hills—Using the engine as a brake—Cold weather
conditions—Starting in cold weather—Protection
against freezing—Starting a tractor 201
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