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Old 09-08-2014, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by J-Mech View Post


NOTE: It takes more compression to start a motor, than it does to run one. If you can get them started, they will run with pretty low compression. Not well, but a motor will run.
That's why a lot of old ford tractors were converted from 6v to 12v, the engines were to wore out to start on 6v so they convert them to 12v so it builds compression faster.
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