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Tom Wesenberg · 01-13-2017, 03:25 AM

Buy the battery cables from a Model A parts house, and you will have good cables.
Have you tried cranking the engine with the key off?
If the timing is advanced during cranking, it will fight the starter and make it hard to turn over.

01-13-2017, 03:25 AM	#20
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Hard to turn engine over A ford 1929 Buy the battery cables from a Model A parts house, and you will have good cables. Have you tried cranking the engine with the key off? If the timing is advanced during cranking, it will fight the starter and make it hard to turn over.