Well, I finally got my Ford LGT-145 reassembled. I believe it's a 1974 or 75 model. It was given to me by a friend a few years ago. After suffering an accident when it went through a wall, it now looks even homelier then it did before. Alas, it was rebuilt just 10 years ago and it caught fire just shortly after. The man left it in his yard after rewiring it and using it for just a month more. It sat un tarped for the next 9 years. I freed the engine with a pipe wrench and put on a new tank, the old one had rusted out. Fired right up. The deck cover had been full of wet grass so long I'm amazed it didn't rot out. Rust was literally chipping off the pulleys.. amazed they haven't broken off yet. When I got it, it had the horn of a 1963 VW Beetle.. I wish I could get that working again. I believe the current one is off a old Suzuki motor bike. (Soon to be a 1932 Packard sedan horn!)
But the main reason I'm posting.. isn't really a problem or a normal thing. I can't figure out what made this happen. After reassembling it from sitting all winter, (Rebuilt steering box.), I went to start it. Turned the key, nothing. Hit the horn, worked fine. Hit the key again, and blew the horn at the same time, and it cranked over?! Whatever would make it do something like that? I cant get my head around it. It's working fine now.. but I cant figure why that would make it crank.
It happens at 0:25 in this video.
But the main reason I'm posting.. isn't really a problem or a normal thing. I can't figure out what made this happen. After reassembling it from sitting all winter, (Rebuilt steering box.), I went to start it. Turned the key, nothing. Hit the horn, worked fine. Hit the key again, and blew the horn at the same time, and it cranked over?! Whatever would make it do something like that? I cant get my head around it. It's working fine now.. but I cant figure why that would make it crank.
It happens at 0:25 in this video.