[crz]

“Did you also know that it’s not a good idea to strip the wire insulation with your teeth as the phone rings?”

ROF!

Nor is it a good idea to get grabbed by a two banger John Deere magneto.

[familyop]

"Nor is it a good idea to get grabbed by a two banger John Deere magneto"

Was it called a "Johnny Popper" by some? Was that the tractor with the two valves that had to be closed after starting? Did they spit fire after starting (burning fuel), until we flipped the valves shut with our finger? If so, I ran one for a neighbor when hauling hay. That thing was dangerous--not the valves but the clutch.

If the clutch wasn't properly latched open, it could warm up and engage on its own. A high school friend of mine had his legs badly bruised from being crushed between two hay trailers because of that. Someone didn't watch that clutch.

[familyop]

The Johnny Popper had a big, external flywheel on it. If I remember correctly, we opened those two little cylinder valves on the side to keep the pressure down enough to start it. We used our hands to spin the flywheel to get it firing. Fire would spit out of the two valves on the side, and we’d flip those shut. Then *pop* *pop* *pop*!