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Many thanks to gregjo1948, and jtrichard for their suggestions in getting those spark plugs firing in their right order. It started up after the second try and now runs beautifully. So I guess the cows will have to wait a while longer before their turn comes for the meat grinder.

Thanks gregjo1948. I tried your suggestions but the engine still will not start and just backfires. I found the numbers 1-2-3 stamped on the exhaust manifold and wonder if this could be the firing order. I cannot find a timing mark on the crankshaft pulley and wonder if it is on the flywheel under a...

My brother has a l969 John Deere model 350 crawler with a 3 cylinder gas engine. One night while he had some covers removed while doing some servicing to the caburetor, his cattle got into the corral and removed all the spark plug wires from the plugs and the distributor cap. Only two spark plug wir...